November 16, 2006 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — SSL certificate authority DigiCert (digicert.com) announced on Thursday it will begin offering extended validation SSL certificates in January.
DigiCert says the new certificates will combat phishers and online scammers with strong identity authentication. As an active member of the CA/Browser Forum, DigiCert says it helped create the standards for these new EV certificates.
DigiCert says the new EV SSL certificates present a higher level of protection against fraudulent Web sites by offering a more rigorous validation process that verifies the entity exists legally and physically with verification of the certificate requester’s identity, physical address and right to use the domain name.
“Stronger identity authentication measures are the solution,” says Ken Bretschneider, CEO of DigiCert. “DigiCert has joined the fight against phishing and online fraud and is committed to making the Internet a safer place for personal and financial transactions. As members of the CAB Forum, we are committed to eventually providing EV certificates to companies of all sizes without compromising the integrity of the EV standard; we are dedicated to immediately providing EV certificates at a price all companies can afford.”
EV SSL Certificates will be supported by Microsoft’s IE7 in late January, and most other popular browsers are expected to follow suit shortly thereafter.
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