Features
- Easy online request process for 2 year certificates.
- Installs into Internet Explorer and Firefox.
- Allows access to government sites that accept ACES Unaffiliated certificates. Important note: GSA’s eOffer/eMod website requires an ACES Business Identity certificate and will NOT accept an ACES Unaffiliated Identity Certificate. DDTC’s DTrade site officially accepts ACES Unaffiliated certificates, but we strongly recommend that you use an ACES Business Identity certificate instead.
- An ACES certificate pair is used for:
- Identity Certificate: accessing websites and digitally signing emails.
- Encryption Certificate: exchanging encrypted emails.
Detailed information
An ACES Representative Identity Certificate is used by a person to authenticate to a PKI-enabled application, such as a secure web site. Identity certificates may be used for non-repudiation purposes, i.e., transactions that have been signed by an identity certificate may be legally linked to the owner of that certificate. The certificate may also be used for secure and authenticated email.
An ACES Representative Encryption Certificate may be used for encrypting e-mail. When encrypting e-mail messages, the sender uses the certificate of the recipient(s), and the recipient decrypts the message using his or her private key. An encryption certificate cannot be issued for an individual without issuing a identity certificate for that individual first.
Steps to obtain your certificates
- Step 1: Read the requirements.
- Step 2: Gather the required documents.
- Step 3: Trust the CAs.
- Step 4: Fill out and print the online request forms.
- Step 5: Make a backup copy of your enrollment keys.
- Step 6: Have the printed request forms (with the required documents) notarized. Mail the documents to ORC, and await receipt of your digital certificates.
Proceed to Step 1 to read the requirements
