Digital Certificates
A secure Web site can provide your business with powerful competitive advantages, including online sales and streamlined application processes for products such as insurance, mortgages, or credit cards.
By accepting applications via a secure Web site, you can speed application processing, reduce processing costs, and improve customer service.
Web users consistently report that a lack of security made them uncomfortable sending credit card numbers over the Internet. The merchants who can win these customers’ confidence will gain their loyalty and an enormous opportunity for expanding market share.
Ensure the security of your electronic transactions In person-to-person transactions, security is based on physical cues. Consumers don’t worry about using their credit card in places like department stores because they can see and touch the merchandise, they can make judgments about the store and they feel comfortable that their credit card number is not being used by a third party. In the absence of physical cues on the Internet, serious security threats have emerged. By becoming aware of the risks of Internet-based transactions, businesses can acquire technology solutions that overcome those risks:
Spoofing The low cost of Web site creation and ease of copying existing pages makes it all too easy to create illegitimate sites that appear to be published by established organizations. In fact, con artists have illegally obtained credit card numbers by setting up professional-looking storefronts that mimic legitimate businesses.
Unauthorized disclosure When transaction information is transmitted "In the clear" hackers can intercept the transmissions to obtain your customers’ sensitive information.
Unauthorized action A competitor or disgruntled customer can alter your Web site so that it refuses service to potential clients, or malfunctions.
Data alteration The content of a transaction can be altered en route, either maliciously or accidentally. User names, credit card numbers, and dollar amounts are all vulnerable to such alteration.
A Digital Certificate, is the electronic equivalent of a business license. Digital Certificates are issued by a trusted third party, called a Certification Authority (CA). [Learn more about Domainz digital certificates range]
The Certification Authority that issues a Server ID is vouching for your right to use your company name and Web address, just as a governement office does when it issues Articles of Incorporation. Certification Authorities can also issue Digital Certificates to individuals.
Before issuing a Digital Certificate, the Certification Authority reviews the applicant’s credentials-such as Dun & Bradstreet number or Articles of Incorporation and takes several other steps to ensure the organization is what it claims to be, and is not claiming a false identity.
Then the Certification Authority issues the organization the Digital Certificate (also know as a Server ID) which is an electronic credential that your business can present to prove its identity or right to access information.
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