What does the social security digital certificate mean?

Social security digital certificate is an intelligent security key, which looks like a USB flash drive. It is a tool for the insured or the insured unit to prove their online identity and protect information security in real time when conducting social security online business operations. Generally speaking, digital certificate is an identity card of an individual or unit on the Internet, and it is an information security technology that has been widely used internationally. Based on cryptography, it uses digital signature, digital envelope, timestamp service and other technologies to establish an effective trust mechanism on the Internet. The contents of the certificate mainly include the information of the certificate owner, the public key of the certificate owner and the signature of the certificate authority.