The Jisc Certificate Service is changing!

The next generation of our Certificate Service is now live and ready to be used.

The new service has a new subscription model based on a small number of usage classes - giving a small number of certificates for free on one end of the scale and culminating in an of an offering unlimited number of certificates for a fixed price. The pricing has been set to ensure the average organisation within each usage class pays less than they currently do overall.

The new service also has many added benefits as compared to the existing service, including:

• Direct access to the SECTIGO certificate manager portal for self-service
• Unlimited certificate types within Usage Class  
• Greater control of domain validation and finer grained management within an organisation (can break down organisations into departments)
• Access to automation tools – ACME can be used to pull OV/EV certificates.

We will gradually be migrating members across to the new service between now and next summer.

Another announcement about transition will be sent out shortly. 

The following tables show the subscription costs per usage class for Jisc core members and non-members. When you migrate, we will use the amount of certificates issued to your organisation in 2019 as a guide to which usage class you would fit in, but you are able to self-select when signing up to the service if you want to be in a higher class.

Note that all certificates types are treated equally and count as a single certificate towards the total – OV, EV, Wildcard, S/MIME, code-signing, etc. This is much simpler than the current service.

If you would like any more information about the service please contact your account manager or trustandidentity@jisc.ac.uk.