Why are Extended Validation Certificates important news for you?

Extended Validation Certificates are designed to provide visitors with the green "good to go" browser indicator when visitors go to a secure page.

Microsoft IE 7.0 address bar for a site with a high assurance EV SSL (showing the identity of the site from the SSL Certificate)

*phishing filter needs to be turned on

Mozilla Firefox 3.0 address bar for a site with an EV SSL

Opera 9.5 address bar for a site with an EV SSL

Until now, customers had no visible online indication confirming that you are a verifiable business. But the new EV SSL Certificate works with the latest releases of the major browsers so that now your consumers can verify you and your identity.

Extended Validation SSL certificates protect users from doing business with unauthenticated web merchants. Simply, EV SSL certificates are the new type of certificate that provide rigorous authentication for a business' identity. This extended validation is given to online businesses that can be verified through evolved and secured authentication processes. If your site can be identity verified (and a competitor's site can not) customers are likely to trust you more. This competitive advantage translates into reduced visitor abandonment rates, improved conversions, higher revenue per transaction and higher lifetime customer value. In the world of e-commerce, establishing trust is mission critical because when you win your customer's trust, you win their business.

The New Extended Validation Certificates will benefit your business because they will provide better consumer protection.

Extended Validation Certificates are designed to provide visitors with the green "good to go" browser indicator when visitors go to a secure page.

Validation Levels:

All Extended Validation Certificates undergo a new validation process that has been established by the industry group CA/B Forum. This vetting process ensures rigorous validation of both domain name and company details before issuance, in order to provide the highest levels of security and trust for your customers.

The EV SSL Certificate Validation Process

The goal of the validation process is to ensure that consumers have a way to authenticate legitimate sites from phishing sites. The increased trust and consumer protection offered by EV certificates necessarily involves a more rigorous validation process. This new procedure has been established by the industry group, CA/B Forum.

Some basic requirements that a business needs to conform to obtain an EV SSL certificate include (but are not limited to):

• Legal status as a company created by government filing
• Registration number of incorporation
• Place of business is in same jurisdiction (e.g. country) as place of business registration
• Organization name
• Business name
• Full address and main phone number of place of business

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Coverage:

Your browser ubiquity is a key element when choosing a Certificate Authority. Extended Validation Certificate is inherently recognized by 99.3% of the current Internet population. This makes EV Certificates as equally trusted as more expensive Certificates from VeriSign.

If you upgrade to a Comodo EV SGC certificate, the encryption level of older browsers from 40 bit or 56 bit is increased to highly secure 128/256 bit Encrypted sessions. That means you protect more of your customers at the highest levels of security than regular SSL certificates.

Industry Leading Expert Support:

Comodo is renowned for its industry leading customer care and technical support. As a valued EV customer you can expect a dedicated account manager and multi-channel priority technical support for any issues you may face or questions you may have during any stage of applying for, installing or using your Extended Validation Certificate. In addition, you can benefit from a free post-installation health check on your EV SSL Certificate from our team of experts to ensure that your certificate is installed correctly.

Speed of Issuance & Validation Levels:

Thanks to the revolutionary capabilities of IdAuthority, the identity assurance provider, Comodo has the systems to complete the validation process quickly and efficiently. Extended Validation Certificates do require higher levels of business authentication and therefore can take longer than non business vetted SSL certificates.

Price:

Starting at only Price per year (reg. $849) for a one year certificate and a two year EV SSL Certificate priced at Price - you get one of the most cost effective "trust deals" on the market today, but hurry. These prices are in effect as part of the introductory phase of Extended Validation Certificates and are subject to change at any time. Note that CA/B Forum guidelines limit the term on EV SSL certificates to a maximum of two years.

Free EV TrustLogo worth Price:

The only site seal specifically for EV SSL Certificates

Click to learn more about the features and benefits of our new Corner of Trust Logo

Each EV SSL certificate comes with a EV TrustLogo worth Price. Providing your customers with real-time identity assurance through convenient "point to verify" technology, TrustLogo enhances trust and confidence in your online identity and gives customers the confidence to buy from your web site.

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