{"id":930,"date":"2019-12-31T19:41:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T19:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cheapsslsecurity.com\/p\/?p=930"},"modified":"2020-01-01T08:16:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-01T08:16:44","slug":"what-is-an-email-certificate-and-how-do-i-get-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheapsslsecurity.com\/p\/what-is-an-email-certificate-and-how-do-i-get-one\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is an Email Certificate and How Do I Get One?"},"content":{"rendered":"

At CheapSSLsecurity.com, customers often ask us what an email certificate<\/a> is and how they can get one. So, we figured it\u2019s about time that we wrote an article that answers those precise questions.<\/p>\n

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What is an Email Certificate?<\/h2>\n

When people talk about an email certificate, they\u2019re typically referring to a type of X.509 digital certificate that\u2019s used to secure data at rest for email users. Some users prefer terms like \u201cS\/MIME certificates<\/a>\u201d (because they secure MIME data), \u201cemail signing certificate,\u201d or \u201cpersonal authentication certificates,\u201d etc.<\/p>\n

Regardless of what you want to call it, it\u2019s a useful tool to have at your disposal that enhances the security of your personal or business digital correspondences.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because an email certificate is like the modern, high-tech version of a certified letter. You know, if the postal service made it so that a sender could encrypt their message, prove their identity, and also require the recipient to provide a specific piece of validating information that verifies they\u2019re the intended recipient\u2026<\/p>\n

Okay, so it\u2019s not really<\/em> like a certified letter. But it does<\/em> help people send emails while doing those things.<\/p>\n

What an Email Certificate Does and How It Works<\/h2>\n

In a nutshell, an email certificate uses public key infrastructure (PKI) to:<\/p>\n