You should have a QuickSSL Premium certificate if you are collecting any personal information through your site or if you want to share confidential information over the Internet!
Now you can boost customer confidence in your website with a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate — a method of securing data transmissions across the Internet. An SSL certificate serves as a digital "passport" that allows data to be transmitted over secure networks — protecting financial and credit card transactions, signups, Web access to mail, sensitive information and intranets.
Unprotected website pages can be copied, and online criminals can use your domain name to collect money and personal information from your unsuspecting customers and website visitors. If sensitive information is sent unprotected over the Internet, it's easy for hackers to capture and use it for fraudulent activities. Transactions can be intercepted and edited either accidentally or intentionally
The Secure Socket Layer protocol was created to ensure secure transactions between web servers and browsers and can be identified by checking your browser’s address bar for the presence of the https:// protocol and other indicators (like a lock or a key in the browser’s status bar) that ensure the data is being encrypted. The protocol uses a third party, a Certificate Authority (CA), to identify one end or both end of the transactions.
A certificate authority or certification authority (CA) is an entity that issues digital certificates. The digital certificate certifies the ownership of a public key by the named subject of the certificate. This allows others (relying parties) to rely upon signatures or assertions made by the private key that corresponds to the public key that is certified. A CA is a trusted third party that is trusted by both the owner of the certificate and the party relying upon the certificate.
SSL Provider | Product Name | Minimum Price per Year ($)* | Multi Year Options |
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COMODO | Instant SSL | $64.95 | Up to 5 years |
GeoTrust | Premium Quick SSL | $118.00 | Up to 6 years |
Thawte | SSL 123 | $129.80 | Up to 5 years |