The phrase "a digital certificate" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to an electronic document used to prove the ownership of a public key in digital communications.
Example: "To ensure secure transactions, the website uses a digital certificate issued by a trusted authority."
Alternatives: "an electronic certificate" or "a digital credential."
People also earn a badge essentially a digital certificate of achievement for completing certain tutorials and assessments.
The proposed model addresses both the economic and technological aspects of online auction transactions by assigning a digital certificate to each participant.
"To ensure privacy and security each health care organization uses a digital certificate to prove their identity to other health care organizations when exchanging patient records".
First, if you are going to be a high-volume sender of e-mail, you will have to get a digital certificate that verifies who you are.
Students who successfully complete this course will receive a digital certificate for Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED valid for two years.
To read messages sent through the PrivacyX system, recipients must have a digital certificate, a small, encrypted file that proves the identity of the recipient and sender and acts as a key by locking the message.
A legitimate e-commerce site presents your Web browser with a digital "security certificate" to verify its identity and distinguish it from a site created by criminals to steal your data.
The evidence includes a specific piece of malicious software and the use of a stolen digital certificate, both of which had been seen in only a small number of attacks that had been tied to the same group.
Like Stuxnet, Duqu tries to prove its authenticity by using a stolen digital certificate, this one apparently taken from a Taiwanese company.
The current structure of a X.509 v3 digital certificate is as follows.
Researchers also discovered that Stuxnet had used a stolen digital certificate, the foundation of the internet's web of trust, bringing the worm further renown.Such attention-grabbing tactics were the first mistake.
