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Domain Validated (DV) certificates provide the lowest level of authentication, meaning anonymous entities can get a certificate.
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(OV)
Organization Validated (OV) certificates provide additional checks to ensure brand protections.
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(EV)
Extended Validation (EV) certificates guarantee the highest standard of brand protections.
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Just seeing a padlock in the address bar is no longer enough. By clicking on the padlock icon in the URL bar you can verify the identity of the website owner. Unfortunately, most phishing sites today have a padlock and a DV certificate. That's why it's important to look beyond the lock in the URL bar. If a website is not willing to put their identity in the certificate, you shouldn't be willing to share any identifying information with them. If you see the organization's name, now you can make a better decision about who you trust.
An SSL certificate is a digital certificate that authenticates a website's identity and enables an encrypted connection between the website and its users, allowing for secure data transmission. This encryption helps protect sensitive information, making SSL essential for websites, especially those handling personal or financial data.
To assure visitors their connection is secure, browsers provide special visual cues that we call EV indicators—anything from a green padlock to branded URL bar. SSL certificates have a key pair: a public and a private key. Your browser indicates if the connection to a website is secure or not.
An Extended Validation (EV) certificate is a type of TLS/SSL certificate that verifies that the certificate holder has undergone the most extensive level of vetting and identity background checks to certify that their website is authentic and legitimate. EV certificates are often required for high-profile brands, banks and other Fortune 500 companies. Extended validation means the certificate recipient and their website have completed a 16-point check to verify details such as: website domain, website owner, and the applicant’s legal, physical, and operational existence and identity. DigiCert is the global leader in in issuing high-assurance EV certificates with approximately 59% of all EV certificates issued for the internet provided by DigiCert and its partners or subsidiaries.
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If your website contains logins or web forms collecting personal information from customers or gets credit card information from customers, then you need to use an SSL certificate on your site. If you do not secure your site with an SSL, there is a sure chance that the data can be exposed to a third party and you lose the credibility of your website visitors. Apart from that, Google Chrome 70 and later versions automatically mark HTTP sites ‘Not Secure’ when user uses any web form. SSL certificates can also be used on web servers for Internet security and mail servers such as IMAP, POP3 and SMTP for mail collection/sending security.
These days, more and more people shop and do business online. As we send sensitive data over the internet – such as credit card credentials and personal information – the need for a higher level of online security is growing. As an online business or an e-commerce site owner, you know how important it is to gain customers’ trust and protect the confidentiality of their data. If your website contains login or web forms which require customers to enter their personal or credit card information, the level of user trust becomes essential. An Extended Validation SSL is what your fast-growing online business needs.Certificates with Extended Validation are the top class of SSL available today. They provide the highest level of user trust among all certificates on the market. These certificates protect data transmission and assure your website visitors they’re dealing with a legal and trustworthy company verified by an established Certificate Authority.
The difference in coverage of www and non-www hostnames is determined by the technical features of a particular SSL. Single-domain and Wildcard certificates we provide support coverage of both www and non-www domains. Multi-Domain Certificates consider www.example.com and example.com to be two different domains.
A Wildcard SSL certificate is used to secure unlimited sub-domains within the same level that share a common base domain. For example: A Wildcard certificate issued to *.mydomain.com can be used to secure the following domains: login.mydomain.com, secure.mydomain.com, support.mydomain.com, www.mydomain.com etc. Along with multiple subdomains, a Wildcard SSL will also secure the bare domain mydomain.com. more info
An SSL reissue means that your existing certificate is replaced by a new one. This process is free of charge. A reissued SSL certificate is only valid till the actual expiration date of the original certificate. You need to request for a reissue in any one of the following situations: You have changed your web server/hosting provider; You have lost the private key for the certificate; You feel that your private key is compromised or you have changed your contact information and you need to update it on your certificate
