EV SSL Certificate - Extended Validation SSL
Frequently Asked Questions
The last few years have seen an unprecedented increase in fraudulent web sites and phishing attacks. In 2005 the leading Certification Authorities and Browser vendors came together and formed the CAB Forum - a membership body designed to standardise procedures for verifying and ensuring the identity of the certificate holder. The aims of the CABForum (Certification Authority and Browsers Forum) are essentially two-fold: to increase user confidence in online commercial transactions and to reduce the ever growing threat of phishing attacks.
When encountering sites with EV SSL, browsers like IE7, Firefox 3 and Opera 8 can instantly distinguish EV SSL Certificates from the standard SSL Certificates and automatically activate their new user interfaces to show web site visitors the verified identity of the company behind the web site.
The result? Added trust and peace of mind the web site they are dealing with is authentic and legitimate.
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The new IE 7 on Vista interface - supporting EV SSL
The user interface turns green the padlock area now alternates between your company name and country and the Issuing Authority. |
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- Protect your customer’s accounts from phishing
Phishing attacks continue to increase – online retailers, auction sites and even news sites have joined financial institutions as potential phishing targets. Phishers want account login details, which means any company providing customers with an account / login is a potential phishing target. EV SSL helps protect your customers at the point of logging in by assuring them they’re on the real site and not a phishing site.
- Protect your brand from copy cat sites
Any online brand that has value can benefit from EV SSL. For centuries people have fallen victim to con artists masquerading as something they are not. This “art” has now found its way online where copy cat sites claim to a be brand they are not.
- Elevate your site image
It doesn’t have to just be major brands that benefit from EV SSL. Sites using EV SSL not only protect their brand but increase the level of trust and confidence that they’re a legitimate entity. And if visitors trust your web site is authentic, they’re more likely to have the confidence to buy from you. Using EV SSL helps even relatively small sites compete on a level playing field to larger, more established brands.
At the moment, to see the EV SSL green address bar you need to be using IE7 with Windows Vista or Windows XP with Service Pack 2 installed.
"Determining the identity of the websites they visit has always been a challenge for internet users. With Extended Validation SSL Certificates, which allow Internet Explorer 7 to display verified identity information for websites, users are now able to make better trust decisions online."
Markellos Diorinos, Security Product Manager for Internet Explorer at Microsoft
"Mozilla is excited to see the new Extended Validation Guidelines that have resulted from collaboration between Certificate Authorities. EV SSL will make it easier for Firefox to tell users who is behind the website they're seeing, which is an important factor in making trust decisions."
Window Snyder, Chief Security Officer for the makers of the Firefox web browser
"We welcome this move to create common guidelines for implementation of Extended Validation Certificates. We have always placed user security as our first priority and these certificates will improve digital identity assurance for users of compliant browsers."
Christen Krogh, President of Engineering for Opera Software ASA
"The KDE project is thrilled to take part in this initiative. It's a great opportunity to make the Internet more secure and a friendlier place, something that is fully in line with the goals of KDE. We look forward to implementing Extended Validation SSL Certificates in our web browsing component."
Sebastien Kugler of the KDE Project
EV certificates are available to Private Organizations, Government Entities, Business entities and non commercial entities such as International Organizations as defined within the CABForum EV certificate guidelines.
The Extended Validation vetting process establishes the legitimacy of an organization within a specific jurisdiction of incorporation. It also clearly identifies the organizations principle place of business through a rigorous and stringent set of well defined validation processes. The process encompasses authentication of the organizations domain ownership rights as well as contractually binding the organization to a subscriber agreement which benefits relying parties and strengthens the security of the Internet as a whole.
Yes, and as a current GlobalSign customer you get a special loyalty price – contact EV SSL Sales immediately to get your money off coupon.
Yes, plus you get a special “switch” price and we’ll add the remaining time on your current SSL Certificate onto the new EV SSL Certificate. We’ll also add another 30 bonus days free of charge! Contact EV SSL Sales immediately to get your “switch” money off coupon.
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