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45 Day Test Drive announced for GlobalSign SSL Certificates

Customers offered a free 45 day fully functional trial of GlobalSign's SSL Certificate offering

Portsmouth, NH- 07 September, 2007 – GlobalSign (www.globalsign.com), one of the longest established Certification Authorities (CA) and specialists in SSL security, today announced the availability of free, 45 day SSL test certificates which will offer customers the ability to experience GlobalSign’s range of SSL Certificates before they buy.  GlobalSign is the only Professional Level SSL supplier in the market that currently offers fully functioning test certificates. 

The new service enables existing and first time customers, or customers switching from other SSL providers, to evaluate the GlobalSign SSL Certificate feature set and service.  The test provides a range of benefits to customers, for example, the ability to:

• test for themselves the widely trusted GlobalSign Root CA certificate in their own browsers, Operating Systems and applications
  
  

• experience GlobalSign’s next-generation automated certificate validation and issuance process and to test the certificate profile used within GlobalSign certificates
  
  

• trial the innovative options based enrolment system pioneered by GlobalSign to allow customers to test Wildcard SSL and the use of Subject Alternative Names (SANs)
  
  

• implement and test SSL security within internal staging or test environments in preparation for their upcoming production releases
  
  

• experience the expert technical support services available by default to all certificate holders

“We are proud to be the first professional level SSL supplier in the marketplace to offer this innovative ‘test-drive’ service,” said Steve Waite, Marketing Director, GlobalSign.  “When comparing to other SSL Providers, we have massively simplified the certificate buying process and have introduced the industry’s first means of tailoring an SSL Certificate with a range of essential options.  By offering test certificates we are happy to let customers experience the ‘GlobalSign difference’ free of charge, and at the same time allowing potential customers to become familiar with our exemplary customer service.”

DomainSSL test certificates, issued from the highly trusted GlobalSign root certificate, are a fully functioning 45 day version of the DomainSSL product.  OrganizationSSL test certificates are issued from a test root and will allow the customers to examine and test the certificate profile within test environments without the need to go through the usual vetting processes. 

For more information on the DomainSSL and OrganizationSSL test certificates, please visit:
http://www.globalsign.com

About GMO GlobalSign
Established in 1996 and as a WebTrust accredited public certificate authority, GlobalSign offers publicly trusted SSL Certificates, EV SSL, Managed SSL Services, S/MIME email security and Code Signing for use on all platforms including mobile devices. Its Trusted Root solution uses the widely embedded GlobalSign Root CA certificates to provide immediate PKI trust for Microsoft Certificate Services and internal PKI, eliminating the costs of using untrusted Root Certificates. Its partnership with Adobe to provide Certified Document Services (CDS) enables secure digitally signed PDF documents, certified transcripts and e-invoices.  These core Digital Certificate solutions allow its thousands of authenticated customers to conduct secure online transactions, data transfer, distribution of tamper-proof code, and protection of online identities for secure email and access control.  The company has a history of innovation within the online security industry and has offices in the US, UK, Belgium, Japan, and China.

GMO Internet Group
GMO Internet Group is one of the most comprehensive providers of industry-leading Internet services worldwide. As well as domain registration, web hosting, ecommerce, and payment processing businesses that each hold the top share in their respective markets in Japan, services operated by the group include Internet advertising, search engine marketing and research. Global online security brand GlobalSign and major Japanese online securities brokerage, GMO CLICK Securities are also group members. In 2011 a new Social Media & Smartphone Platform segment was established bringing together group initiatives in social apps development, flash marketing and Android apps distribution. GMO Internet, Inc. (TSE: 9449) is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Please visit www.gmo.jp/en for more information.

For further details please contact:

Steve Waite
GlobalSign
+603-570-7060 / 1-877-775-4562
press@globalsign.com