You can acquire a Digital ID from a company called a Certification Authority (CA). Also, your company or organization might issue you a Digital ID through the Digital ID Center in conjunction with a CA.

When your company issues you a Digital ID, they are providing you with a way to identify yourself to other people in the company, to your company's business partners, or to computers in your network.

If you are getting a Digital ID for personal reasons, you should seriously consider who you want to be your CA. When you need to prove your identity, you want a CA that others will trust. For example, most people and companies trust the validity of a driver's license or passport. This is because they trust the way the government issues these documents. However, a student ID is typically accepted as proof of your identity only to the school that issues the ID. The same holds true for Digital IDs. You want a Digital ID from a CA that is trusted by all major companies doing business on the Internet.

Symantec continues to be the leading Certification Authority on the Internet.