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SSL Certificates
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Have you ever wondered why some website addresses start with https instead of http?
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| The extra 's' means Secure. The foundation of such secure connectivity is none other than SSL Certificates, or Digital Certificates.
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| SSL certificates are used to establish an encrypted connection between a browser or user's computer and a website or server. The encrypted connection (secure connection) protects sensitive data, such as credit card information, exchanged during each communication session, from being intercepted from non-authorized parties like hackers.
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.png "Web Browser")
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| Web Browser
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| Encrypted Connection
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.png "Encrypted Connection")
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.png "Encrypted Connection")
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| Server
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Why SSL Certificates?
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| In recent years, the Internet Giants like Google, Microsoft, and Amazons, are pushing hard for using HTTPS to replace HTTP as default standard for web traffic. Depending on the level of verification and domain coverage, one can choose Domain Validation (DV), Owner Verification (OV), Extended Verification (EV) as well as Wildcard-Domain and Multiple-Domain.
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SSL Certificates brings the following benefits to corporate websites or business portals:
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.png "Encrypt sensitive data end-to-end")
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Encrypt sensitive data
end-to-end
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.png "Activate HTTPS and the \"lock icon\" in the browser")
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Activate HTTPS and the "lock icon"
in the browser
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.png "Prove legitimacy")
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Prove legitimacy
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.png "Strengthen corporate brand identity")
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Strengthen corporate brand
identity
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.png "Increase SEO ranking")
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Increase SEO ranking
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.png "Comply with PCI standards")
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Comply with PCI standards
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