Thursday, March 12, 2015

Website Security: Enhancing User Experience

Website Security: Enhancing User Experience: Tweet What is an SSL? Secure Sockets Layer certificate adds essential security to online transactions. It basically provides a secure connection between the internet browser and a website, making it possible to transmit all your private data back and forth. You will know that a website is secured via SSL if it displays a padlock in the browsers URL and possibly a green address bar if secured by an EV Certificate. In order to protect their customers and make sure their online transactions remain confidential, millions of e-Business providers are using the SSL protocol. Through encryption a website submits the highly confidential data – credit card details, passwords or any personal information, while a web browser has the ability to interact with secured sites only if the site’s certificate is from a recognized certificate authority. Why using SSL is essential..