How Code Signing Works

Code signing has emerged as an essential ingredient to doing business for virtually any organization that distributes code to customers and partners.

Code signing verifies who the publisher of a specific set of code is and attests to the fact that it has not been modified since it was signed.

Certificates delivered along with software that has been signed are a key way for users to determine whether software originates from a legitimate source before installing.

Today, many software marketplaces, including mobile app stores, require code to be compliant with specific digital signing requirements.

No matter the use case, private key security must be utilized for code signing certificates to be trusted and valued.



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