What is Digital Certificate
They are the electronic counterparts to driver licenses, passports, and membership cards.
Digital certificates are used to prove the identity or getting the right to access information or services online
Digital certificates binds an identity to a pair of electronic keys that can be used to encrypt and sign digital information
With digital certificates, it's possible to verify a person's claim that they have the right to usea given key, stopping people from using phony keys to impersonate other people in the online world.