InCommon is a non-profit that helps higher education become more secure
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — InCommon (www.incommon.org) and Comodo (www.comodo.com) announced on Wednesday that they have issued tens of thousands of certificates to more than 120 colleges and universities across the United States.
According to the press release, InCommon and Comodo partnered a year ago to offer US universities and colleges with unlimited certificates for one annual fee. Subscribers may issue unlimited SSL certificates, including EV SSL and code signing certificates.
InCommon is a non-profit that provides the US research and higher education with a “framework of trust for the safe sharing of online resources.”
“By offering unlimited SSL certificates, we’ve provided the potential for campuses to significantly reduce their certificate-related expenses,” John Krienke, chief operating officer of InCommon said in a statement. “Now that we have rolled out client (personal) certificates, we’ve set the stage for campuses to more easily adopt important services like signed email and second-factor authentication. Economics are no longer a limitation for certificate possibilities.”
According to the press release, subscribers have reported annual savings of between $75,000 and $325,000 per year.
“We are proud of our partnership with InCommon and ability to deliver trust and savings to colleges and universities throughout the country,” Melih Abdulhayoglu, CEO and chief security architect of Comodo said in a statement. “These security measures will enable students and faculty members to perform secure communication and transactions online by fortifying the IT networks of higher education systems against security breaches and the leakage of digital information.”
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