Informatica uses a certificate based digital signature to sign the Informatica software code. The code signing helps to validate the authenticity of the code and ensures that there has been no changes or corruptions to the code after Informatica signs the code. You can determine whether to trust the software based on whether the code sign is present or not.

You can request a code signing certificate that contains information that fully identifies Informatica LLC and a Certificate Authority (CA) that issues the certificate. The digital certificate binds the identity of Informatica to a public key and to a private key.

Digital signing of software begins with the creation of a cryptographic hash, or a digest. The digest has a one to one correspondence with the original data. Use the digest as there are no hints on how to recreate the original data, and even a small change in the original data results in a change in the hash value. Informatica uses its private key to sign the digest, or generates a signature in the form of a string of bits. Good digital signature algorithms allow a user with the public key to verify the creator of the signature.