Digital Signature Certificates (DSC) are the digital equivalent of physical or paper certificates (that is in electronic format). DSCs play a major role in today’s digital era. Learn how to apply for a DSC and their purposes.The process involves generating a key pair: a private key, which remains confidential to the certificate holder, and a public key, which is distributed openly. The private key is used to sign documents, while the public key is used by recipients to verify the signature’s authenticity.