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Assuritas Partners with GlobalSign to Provide Extended Validation SSL

Partnership will promote benefits of EV SSL Certificates as 1st line of defense against online fraud

Portsmouth, NH – 21 January, 2009 – GlobalSign (www.globalsign.com), one of the longest established Certification Authorities (CA) and specialists in SSL Partner Programs, today announced that Assuritas, (www.Assuritas.com ) a leading UK provider of identity management and anti-fraud products and services has joined the GlobalSign Partner Program, and will be offering the full range of GlobalSign SSL Certificates to its customers, including the new Extended Validation Certificate standard.

By immediately promoting the benefits of GlobalSign’s Extended Validation SSL Certificate, which activates the green address bar in new high security browsers such as IE7, Firefox, Opera and Safari, Assuritas has been able to provide its customers, including major brands such as Tesco with a new level of defense in the fight against Cardholder Not Present fraud.  GlobalSign Extended Validation SSL Certificates, commonly referred to as “EV” SSL Certificates, continue to gain respect amongst trusted enterprises, government agencies and security vendors, and can be an effective tool for rebuilding consumer confidence in online transactions with strong visual cues linked to the identity of the site operator. 

Previously partnering with Entrust in the UK, Assuritas has made the decision to switch to GlobalSign’s Partner Program to take advantage of GlobalSign’s highly trusted and simplified SSL product range, comprehensive provisioning system, excellent customer support and overall expertise in the channel market - all the relevant tools to enable partners to successfully resell SSL. With the ability to offer three main types of Certificate - Domain Validation, Organization Validation or the newly standardized Extended Validation SSL Certificate, all with free Server Gated Cryptography (SGC - to “step up” weak 40 bit browser to server connections to strong 128 bit) and issued from GlobalSign’s widely distributed 2048 bit Root CA Certificate, Assuritas can provide its customers with the most secure SSL Certificates available in today’s SSL market.  Also with the option of including additional premium features (for example, Subject Alternative Names (SANs) and wildcard characters to allow the securing of multiple sites with a single certificate), Assuritas is able to meet their customers individual requirements by offering tailor made SSL solutions - saving their customers time, effort and cost in the longer term.

“Our newly formed relationship with GlobalSign will allow us to immediately improve our SSL certificate provisioning infrastructure in support of the launch of our new Managed SSL service,” said Alistair Murray, CEO, Assuritas. “We are confident in offering the full range of feature-enhanced GlobalSign SSL certificates as a first line of defense for our security-conscious customers. We expect to maintain a long and fruitful relationship with this leading CA.”

“GlobalSign is very pleased that Assuritas is joining the GlobalSign Partner Program and will help promote the benefits of using EV SSL Certificates in the UK,” said Paul Tourret, Managing Director GlobalSign Ltd . “As organizations deploy EV SSL, the world will see how this new technology can be used in the fight against the increasing levels of online fraud and brand abuse. EV is set to become a critical tool for organizations to rebuild consumer confidence in online transactions and identities.”

GlobalSign SSL Certificates are available through Assuritas at www.assuritas.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.

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