Trusted Certificate Service

Increasing online security by facilitating the deployment of digital certificates

On 1 May 2020, GÉANT launched the 4th generation of its Trusted Certificate Service (TCS).

TCS takes advantage of a bulk purchasing arrangement whereby participating national research and education networking organisations (NRENs) may issue close to unlimited numbers of certificates provided by a commercial CA at a significantly reduced price.

​The five main types of certificates available are:

  • ​SSL certificates – for authenticating servers and establishing secure sessions with end clients.
  • Grid certificates – for authenticating Grid hosts and services (IGTF compliant).
  • Client certificates – for identifying individual users and securing email communications.
  • Code signing certificates – for authenticating software distributed over the internet.
  • Document signing certificates – for authenticating d​ocuments from Adobe PDF, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, and LibreOffice.

To find out more about TCS​, ​please contact the TCS Service Owner via the contact form.

At a glance​​

​Users

TCS provides NRENs with cost-effective and easy to use management of digital certificates. Currently, over 30 NRENs benefit from participation in TCS.

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