Do You Need an SSL CERTIFICATE?

If you are wondering about this question, then you should really be asking yourself these questions:

• How do you feel about your own privacy, do want your website to be trusted by other people?
• If you own an online store, do you accept online orders paid by credit cards or does a third party handle the payments for you?
• Does your site require visitors to register and log in to your website?
• Does your site collect information about your visitors such as addresses, birth dates, driver’s license, or any other sensitive ID numbers?
• Do you need to comply with privacy and security standards in your market?

 A Security Socket Layer (SSL) provides the answers for each of the above questions in three crucial ways:

1. Through encryption an SSL certificate protects any sensitive information being transferred to and from your website. Would you send a check through the mail with just a stamp on it like you would send a post card? Encryption as an electronic envelope, scrambling the data so that only you and your client are able to read what is transferred. By using public and private keys an SSL create a socket were the website handshakes with your clients browser and establishes a unique set of session keys before any transmissions begin. A true 128 bit SSL certificate offers the strongest encryption for your visitor’s protection.
2. With every SSL certificate which is set up the certificate authenticates your particular server and domain name to verify your business entity. How would you react to receiving a letter asking for personal information from someone you didn’t know? When a secure socket handshake occurs your client’s browser requires information from your server which is returned in the closed padlock or certain SSL trust seals. With high level security browsers your company name is displayed and the browser bar turns green. But if there is a problem with the information transferred an error message or warning is displayed. This creates a high level of trust from your clients.
3. A Security Socket Certificate is issued through trusted sources know as Certificate Authorities. These authorities vary in the information which verify and the amount of trust they provide. On the low end they may only verify the domain name before issuing the certificate, while high end certificates verify the existence of a business, the ownership of a domain name, and the authority to apply for the certificate.

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