External Certificate Authority

US Government External Certificate Authority (ECA)

Alert: The ORC ECA has migrated to 2048 bit certificates.
The change from 1024 to 2048 bit certificates should have little impact on the process. It will take a little longer for the certificate key pairs to generate on your computer and certificate export files will be twice the size of previous files (about 4k).

ORC has been approved to issue certificates to all Foreign Nationals except where prescribed by law.

All applicants (including US Citizens) are now required to show proof of citizenship.

For citizens of the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, click the arrow to the right.
For citizens of all other countries, click the arrow to the right.

As a U.S. Government ECA, Operational Research Consultants (ORC) is authorized to provide digital certificates for:

Identification/Digital Signature

Encryption to secure email and digital files

Server Authentication for identification of web sites and other devices

Domain Controllers for securing your Windows domain and

Signing of Code

The ORC ECA supports the medium assurance and medium-hardware assurance levels, as defined in the U.S. Government ECA Certificate Policy. ORC ECA offers 1, 2, or 3-year Certificates, encryption key archival and recovery, Microsoft Smart Card logon, and Microsoft Domain Controller certificates.

ORC ECA Subscribers may include DoD contractors, vendors, allied partners, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies, Foreign Nationals, members of other Government agencies and their trading partners.

Why do I need an ECA Certificate?
Why should I buy from ORC ECA?
Access information on the DoD ECA Program.

Contact Us

Our Help Desk is online 24 x 7 or you can speak to an ORC Service Representative from 7:30 am to 7:30 pm (Eastern Time).

Call 1-800-816-5548, email ecahelp@orc.com, or click on the On-line Help Desk