Request a personal certificate
All employees of Wismar University of Applied Sciences can apply for a personal certificate in order to:
- encrypt emails (only the recipient can read the email)
- sign emails (the recipient can ensure that the email comes from the sender and has not been changed)
- digitally sign documents (internal documents approved for digital signature)
- to authenticate at certain services
Apply for a certificate
Open the HS Wismar CA website and then click on Academic Login.
Select Hochschule Wismar or enter 'Wismar' in the search beforehand
Enter the user name and the corresponding password of your university account.
In the HARICA web portal, click on the menu icon at the top left to open the main menu.
Then click on Email in the menu on the left to start applying for a certificate. Select For enterprises or organizations (IV+OV) as the type of certificate by clicking on Select.
Note:
If you are asked to enter personal details and upload an ID document, please contact the ITSMZ.
Note:
For signing and encrypting functional email addresses, the type: Email-only must be selected.
Your e-mail address is automatically entered for the certificate in the following window. Click on Next at the bottom.
In the following three windows, confirm the personal details, those of the organization and the validation via the e-mail address by clicking Next.
A summary of the certificate request is then displayed. Confirm the terms of use by ticking the box and send the certificate request by clicking Submit.
The certificate request will now appear on your dashboard. In the meantime, you'll have received an e-mail in which you must confirm your e-mail address. To do this, click on Confirm in the e-mail.
The link will take you back to the HARICA portal. Here you must accept the cookie notice and log in again.
After registering, you must click Confirm again to confirm your e-mail address.
Note:
The processing of the certificate request by HARICA can take up to 15 minutes. If the requested certificate is displayed as Pending Certificates in the dashboard after logging in, please refresh the browser window after approx. 15 minutes. The application should then be displayed under Ready Certificates with the Enroll your Certificate action.
The requested certificate is then displayed in the HARICA Dashboard, which can be configured by clicking on Enroll your Certificate.
Select the following values in the input mask:
- Algorithm: RSA
- Key size: 4096
The password to be entered is used to protect your certificate file and must only be known to you.
This is acknowledged by ticking the box.
The entries are confirmed by clicking on Enroll Certificate.
Finally, you can download your p12 certificate file via Download.
Note:
In this procedure, the private (secret) key is created on a HARICA server and continues to be stored there.
Further steps
Once you have downloaded the certificate file, you can carry out the following steps:
- Import the certificate into your operating system (e.g. to use our VPN or to digitally sign PDFs
- Import the certificate into Group Office (for signing and encrypting e-mails)
The certificate issued is valid for 12 months and must be renewed thereafter. The user will be informed of this in advance by e-mail.
The personal user certificate may only be stored on official Wismar UAS devices and must be protected against access by third parties and against loss.
If the certificate is lost, it cannot be used to decrypt previously encrypted content. This also applies to expired certificates, so they should not be deleted carelessly!