When you purchase a PKIo SBR certificate from Digidentity, you must first register for the Digidentity Certificate Manager product. During this process, we verify your personal and company details. As part of the registration, you receive:
- an authorisation allowing you to request a PKIo SBR certificate on behalf of your organisation
- an authenticator that enables you to log in to the Digidentity website
Important: you will receive emails about three different components of your Digidentity Certificate Manager registration:
- A SBR certificate – the PKIo SBR certificate used in your tax or accounting software.
- An authorisation – the permission allowing you to request a PKIo SBR certificate on behalf of your organisation. The authorisation is valid for 5 years and is included in the registration at no extra cost.
- An authenticator – the login method via the Digidentity app. Your authenticator is valid for 1 year and is also included at no extra cost.
Click the green titles below to view more information about each component.
1. Certificate
You can request the PKIo SBR certificate once you have completed the registration for the Digidentity Certificate Manager product. For current prices please go to our website.
To ensure you do not end up without a valid certificate, we send multiple renewal reminders: 90, 60, 30, 10, and 1 day before the certificate expires.
2. Authorisation
The authorisation is issued during the registration process of the Digidentity Certificate Manager product. It permits you to request a PKIo SBR certificate on behalf of your organisation. This authorisation is separate from the certificate itself.
The authorisation is valid for 5 years. If you registered before 2023, your authorisation may have been valid for a shorter period.
You will receive two reminder emails when the authorisation is about to expire: 7 days before expiry and immediately after it has expired.
The authorisation can only be renewed after it has expired. Renewing the authorisation is free of charge.
3. Authenticator
The authenticator is the login method you receive when creating an account in the Digidentity app and/or when registering for the Digidentity Certificate Manager product. This includes a qualified smartcard.
Your authenticator is created based on your full legal name and is valid for 1 year. You will need to renew (recreate) your authenticator every year. This is free of charge.
Summary
It is important to distinguish between your PKIo SBR certificate, the authorisation, and the authenticator:
- You only pay for the PKIo SBR certificate.
- Renewing the authorisation is free.
- Renewing the authenticator each year is also free.
The Digidentity Certificate Manager product and the PKIo SBR certificate each have different expiry and renewal dates. Always check which