(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider SoftLayer Technologies (www.softlayer.com) and security solutions provider VeriSign (www.verisign.com) announced on Monday that they have signed a new security partnership deal that will bring the entire line of VeriSign Secure Sockets Layer certificates to SoftLayer customers.
With this partnership, SoftLayer offers SSL certificates for the first time, expanding its security offerings to also carry Extended Validation SSL solutions and SSL certificates from GeoTrust, another VeriSign brand.
To simplify SSL deployment and management for its customers, SoftLayer will integrate SSL security into its management console.
VeriSign EV SSL certificates offer a proven safeguard against phishing scams, as all sites protected by VeriSign EV SSL display a green address bar which assures consumers they have reached a website whose authenticity has been certified by VeriSign.
For greater security, an EV SSL certificate displays visual cues beyond the green address bar, including a new field that contains the name of the organization that owns the site and in some cases the name of the security provider that issued the certificate.
“Everything SoftLayer does, from hosting to data storage to security, centers on connecting our customers with the best, most reliable technology, and that’s what VeriSign brings to our security portfolio,” says George Karidis, chief strategy officer at SoftLayer. “SSL security is critical to managed hosting and enterprise application hosting. With this range of SSL options – from VeriSign SSL and GeoTrust SSL up to state-of-the-art VeriSign EV SSL protection – our customers can protect themselves and everyone who visits their Web sites or uses their hosted applications. And with VeriSign, that protection comes from the most trusted SSL authority on the Web.”
VeriSign provides EV SSL certificates to more than 12,000 Internet domain names, representing 74 percent of the entire EV SSL certificate market worldwide.
In March, VeriSign signed a similar reseller partnership deal with domain registrar eNom.
