(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Certification authority and security provider GlobalSign (www.globalsign.co.uk) announced on Wednesday it will update its managed SSL service to enable the immediate issuance of Extended Validation SSL certificates.
The service will reduce the need for organizations to purchase EV SSL through retail channels, which often have long vetting processes for each individual application.
For those organizations that require multiple certificates, this can lead to greater expenses and more inconvenience.
GlobalSign’s managed SSL service helps enterprises save time and money by managing any number of SSL certificates.
The web based or API based service works on the principle of GlobalSign pre-vetting the organization and its domains to an EV standard.
The pre-vetted EV information may then be used to issue any SSL certificate instantly.
The service can issue both ExtendedSSL EV SSL Certificates and OrganizationSSL certificates, with both certificates being issued from GlobalSign’s 2048 bit SHA-1 root certificate.
“With the increase of fraud, phishing and attacks on weaker 1024 bit MD5 SSL implementations, more organisations are choosing to secure their public facing sites using 2048 bit SHA-1 EV SSL, however waiting for individual EV SSL certificates to be vetted can be time-consuming,” says Paul Tourret, managing director at GlobalSign. “The new SSL managed service eliminates the need for repeat vetting and allows immediate certificate issuance for an organisation with multiple SSL requirements; all offered through a single portal that reduces TCO for SSL at the same time.”
GlobalSign’s managed SSL service also offers enterprises the ability to easily reissue, recall and renew existing certificates, as well as customize the start and end dates of certificates.
Additional users with a granular level of permissions representative of the user’s role can be added to the account and a public ordering page can be activated so that administrators can facilitate company-wide applications via a link or intranet.
All aspects of reporting, auditing and billing across multiple departments can also be managed effectively through the same account.
UK insurance comparison site Gocompare recently become the latest major brand to adopt GlobalSign’s EV SSL technology.
