Rapid CA is an independently operated, non-profit Certificate Authority (CA) designed to provide open, trustworthy, and verifiable digital identity and encryption services for organizations, enterprises, open-source communities, and individual developers.
Built upon a PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) framework, Rapid CA delivers end-to-end trust by implementing rigorous key management, hierarchical certificate chain validation, lifecycle governance, and transparent auditing. This ensures the authenticity of identities, the confidentiality of communications, and the integrity of transmitted data across systems and networks.
Leveraging a standardized PKI trust architecture, Rapid CA enables:
- Verified Digital Identities
Ensures that both sides of a connection are authentic and trustworthy, preventing impersonation and man-in-the-middle attacks. - Secure Encrypted Communication
Supports HTTPS/TLS, email encryption, code signing, VPN authentication, and other secure transmission scenarios. - Data Integrity and Anti-Tampering
Uses digital signatures to guarantee that software, documents, and transmitted data have not been altered. - Automated Certificate Lifecycle Management
Provides issuance, renewal, revocation (CRL/OCSP), and key rotation capabilities with high reliability. - Transparent and Auditable Trust
Critical operations, key usage, and changes in certificate hierarchies are verifiable, traceable, and open to review.
As a non-profit CA, Rapid CA is committed to:
- Making digital trust accessible, understandable, and usable
- Providing a fair and open security foundation for open-source projects and small teams
- Promoting a more transparent and decentralized trust ecosystem
At Rapid CA, trust is not assumed — it is built through verifiable PKI architecture and transparent governance.