A digital certificate is used to verify that a public key belongs to an individual who he or she claims to be. The third parties that issue these certificates are the certificate authorities (CA).
VeriSign is the best known CA which is based in California.
In Malaysia, MSC Trustgate.com Sdn Bhd is one example of a licensed Certification Authority under the Digital Signature Act 1997. Such CA provides digital certification services which include digital certificates, cryptographic products, and software development. They provide more secure open network communications, allowing organizations to conduct their businesses securely through the Internet.
One of the services that MSC Trustgate provided is VeriSign SSL Certificates. An SSL Certificate authenticates a website to its customers that they are dealing with a genuine site. It instills confidence in customers. VeriSign will review the credentials and check through all the background of organization to ensure the claims of organization before issuing any server certificate. The browser will verify its business purpose through ID automatically when browser connects to a legitimate site with VeriSign SSL Certificates. After that, information received by web visitor is identical to the encryption between browser and server and no modification has taken place.
Other applications of third party certification are Managed PKI, Personal ID, MyTRUST, MyKAD ID, SSL VPN, Managed Security Services, VeriSign Certified Training and Application Development.
Third party certification gives confidence to customers in communication and online business transactions.
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