The CA/Browser Forum wants to bring increased safety to web banking and e-commerce by developing a new digital certificate that can better verify a site's legitimacy. The technology is already ...

It’s been drilled into our heads over the last decade: If you’re on the web and you’re handing over any personal information, make sure the site you’re using has HTTPS enabled. You’ll know the site ...

With the evolution of the internet, the solutions for better protection of websites increase -- and so does the creativity of cybercriminals. For several years now, organizations like Google have been ...

The majority of certificate outages don’t begin with a breach alert. They are silent at first. One day, a browser warning ...

Verisign has released a Firefox add-on that brings extended validation (EV) certificate support to Mozilla's open-source Web browser. The anti-phishing feature, which is already supported by Microsoft ...

Amy Nichol Smith spent more than 20 years working as a journalist for TV and newspapers before transitioning to software and hardware product reviews for consumers and small businesses. She has been ...

Anyone operating a server on any scale should want a digital certificate to encrypt data between clients and services, whether for personal, office, or public use. That’s a broad statement, but it ...

What is an SSL certificate? An SSL, or Secure Sockets Layer, is a standard technology used to establish an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. This encryption ensures that all data ...

You wouldn't hand your credit card over to someone selling watches from street-side tables; you should protect your information just as vigilantly online. Almost all reputable sites that collect ...