Industry standards require Certificate authorities, such as DigiCert, to validate the organization included in your certificate request before issuing the certificate. OV/EV TLS, Code Signing, and Verified Mark certificates are some of the certificates that require you to include an organization in your request.
To validate your organization, DigiCert first verifies that the organization requesting a certificate is in good standing, which includes confirming good standing and active registration in corporate registries. This check includes verifying that the organization is not listed in fraud, phishing, government-restricted entities, or anti-terrorism databases. Additionally, we validate that the organization requesting a certificate is the organization to which the certificate will be issued. We also validate the organization's contact.
Learn more about OV/EV TLS certificate organization validation.