InCommon Digital Certificates

Digital certificates boost online security, and can be requested to ensure security for websites, servers, applications and more. Certificates add the ‘s’ in “https” and are also used to encrypt web traffic, confirm identity, secure communications between parties, and ensure integrity of transmissions. UC Santa Cruz uses the InCommon Certificate service.

  • Request a new, renew, or revoke a certificate
  • Certificates from other sources can be switched to InCommon Certificates at no cost
  • Code-signing certificates can also be requested to identify the publisher of software
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InCommon Certificates are provided at no cost

  • Current digital certificates are SSL/X.509
  • Certificates can be ordered for any UCSC domain (mydomain.ucsc.edu) or affiliation (mydomain.university-extension.edu, ucscbookstore.com) so long as the administrative contact in the “WhoIs” record is associated with UCSC (typically noc@ucsc.edu)
  • Certificates obtained outside of the InCommon Certificate service may be forwarded to ITS for review and exception processing

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Last modified: Apr 28, 2025