SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATING CERTIFICATION AUTHORITY PRACTICES

Systems and methods for efficiently verifying identities and for generating and signing digital certificates associated with those identities are disclosed. Generation of a digital certificate of an entity may begin by receiving a certificate signing request from the entity at a certification authority, the certificate signing request including verification information. The certificate signing request may be transmitted to a registration authority and the information of the certificate signing request may be processed. Whether to approve the certificate signing request may be determined, based on a result of the processing, and an approval may be granted when the certificate signing request is approved. A certificate associated with the entity may be generated when the approval is received, and the certificate may be transmitted to the entity.