Public code signing certificates
Publicly trusted code signing certificates:
Follow strict CA/B forum guidelines
Are issued by DigiCert (a third-party trusted certificate authority) which allows your software to be universally trusted by operating systems.
Contains verified information about your organization.
When a user downloads software signed with a publicly trusted certificate, the operating system confirms it was published by a legitimate, trusted entity.
Note
A CertCentral account is required to order publicly trusted certificates.
Note
For publicly trusted code signing certificates, P-521 curves aren't supported.