Comodo Emerging as a Leading, Global Provider of EV SSL Certificates
May 1st, 19:10 UTC
More Financial, Education, State Agencies and Online Organizations are renewing their EV SSL Certificates with Comodo because of Comodo's technological and price advantage
Jersey City, NJ (April 30, 2008) - Comodo, a global Certification Authority (CA) and
leading provider of Identity and Trust Assurance Management solutions, announced today that they have seen a dramatic
increase in the number of companies coming to Comodo for their EV and EV SGC SSL Certificates. Notably, a large proportion
of these EV SSL Certificates are expiring certificates from other providers and these companies are renewing their EV SSL
Certificates with Comodo. EV SSL Certificates have increasingly become the standard for SSL certificates because they
provide site visitors added identity authentication through a visual browser-based indicator that turns the site's URL green
when a secure session is initiated. This indicator enables the visitor to authenticate both the identity of a site's owner
and the Certification Authority (CA) that issued the EV Certificate. As EV SSL Certificates enter their second year in the
market, Comodo is capturing a large share of all renewing EV SSL Certificates industry-wide.
Online business of all types are recognizing the importance of EV SSL Certificates for their sites because they provide
consumers using Internet Explorer 7 with instantly recognizable visual cues that help assure them they are on an
authenticated Web page and not a phishing site. This new green "trust" indicator confirms that the transaction is encrypted
and the organization has been authenticated according to the most rigorous industry standard including:
- The legal, physical and operational existence of the entity
- The identity of the entity as specified on official records from public databases (instead of obtaining documents
directly from the eMerchant).
- The entity's exclusive right to use the domain specified in the EV certificate, and
- The entity's proper authorization for the issuance of the EV certificate
When a financial institution or other online business uses an EV SSL Certificate, browsers such as IE 7 and the latest
beta version of Firefox 3 will turn the address bar green in addition to providing the name of the organization that owns the
site and the CA provider that issued the certificate. Comodo is emerging as the EV SSL provider of choice because of a
powerful combination of proprietary deployment technologies that reduce costs along with a cost structure that represents a
saving of potentially thousands of dollars versus other certificate brands.
1) EV AUTO-EnhancerTM - Automatic Deployment and Maintenance Technology
EV AUTO-EnhancerTM - Comodo's Automatic Deployment and Maintenance Technology is patent-pending technology that has a
number of key benefits that are unmatched by any competitor; it eliminates costly manual EV SSL deployment (in most cases);
it ensures that the EV "green bar" is always seen the first time a user visits a website, it enables the EV "green bar" to be
seen by users who have disabled Javascript in their browsers, and it eliminates browser error warnings if the Windows Auto
Root Update facility has been disabled. Finally, unlike EV certificates from many other CAs, Comodo's EV SGC SSL Certificates
continue to work correctly for customers who install certain Windows Updates on their IIS servers These capabilities are
deemed especially important by customers because Comodo EV SSL certificates ensures that the widest proportion of all site
visitors can see the important green URL address bar.
EV AUTO-EnhancerTM automatically installs Comodo's new EV root certificate into the trusted root store of the user's
browser whenever an https session is initiated. This process is seamlessly carried out during the SSL handshake with the web
server and is completely transparent to the end user. Organizations that use Comodo EV SSL Certificates can be assured that
their site visitors can see the green bar immediately. Comodo's innovative technology allows customers to reassure site
visitors more easily and more cost effectively than many other EV SSL brands.
2) Auto CSR request and Auto Installation Technology
Comodo continues to innovate with new automated provisioning tools to make SSL deployment faster and easier. These automated
SSL provisioning tools provide process automation efficiency for key functions, including private key generation, creation of
CSRs (Certificate Signing Requests), and even auto installation of SSL Certificate. The new automation tools have been
developed for both Apache and IIS (6.0) servers, which represent the vast majority of servers in the market.
Auto provisioning tools for Apache Servers include:
- auto generation of the private key
- creation of the CSR automatically
- ability to automatically collect the certificate. This auto process is delivered to customers in one file for
simpler and faster deployment.
Auto provisioning tools for IIS 6.0 servers:
- Free software that will enable a virtual one-step SSL deployment process:
- automatically generate the private and public keys
- automatically create the CSR
- collect the certificate and automatically install it onto the server - all by just a
simple login into a customer's account.
The two new auto SSL installation tools, in combination with the EV AUTO-Enhancer technology, are designed to help
customers reduce the cost and complexity of SSL certificates deployment, important considerations when selecting an SSL
provider.
3) Comodo Cost Advantage
Comodo has a well earned reputation for value and Comodo EV SSL Certificates represents a significant savings over the other
large brands. Comodo's EV SGC SSL Certificate at $599, (comparable to VeriSign's Secure Site Pro) delivers a savings of
nearly $1,000. Comodo EV SGC SSL Certificates include technology that upgrades PCs using older browsers so they can connect
at full 128- or 256-bit encryption levels. This provides extra security for more users (especially those using older
browsers) which means more opportunity to convert more sales.
EV SSL Certificates have emerged as a critical solution to protect site visitors from phishing scams that lure
unsuspecting consumers to imposter sites that appear identical to genuine Web pages. Identity thieves use these sites to
steal sensitive personal information and EV SSL Certificates provide important consumer protection against this threat.
"For Comodo, the real currency of doing business online is about creating trust online," said Melih Abdulhayoglu,
CEO and Chief Security Architect of Comodo. "EV SSL certificates are one of the cornerstone identity and trust assurance
tools that businesses have to create trust. Comodo championed the creation of this level of online trust and we are proud
that as EV SSL Certificates gets more traction, more and more businesses are turning to us for our value innovation in this
space."
For more information, please visit: http://www.instantssl.com/ssl-certificate-products/addsupport/ev-ssl-sgc.html
About Comodo
The Comodo companies provide the infrastructure that is essential in
enabling e-merchants, other Internet-connected companies, software companies, and individual consumers to interact and
conduct business via the Internet safely and securely. The Comodo companies offer PKI SSL, Code
Signing, Content Verification
and E-Mail Certificates; award
winning PC security software; vulnerability scanning services for PCI Compliance; secure e-mail and fax services.
Continual innovation, a core competence in PKI, and a commitment to reversing the growth of Internet-crime distinguish
the Comodo companies as vital players in the Internet's ongoing development. Comodo secures and authenticates online
transactions and communications for over 200,000 business customers and 3,000,000 users of our desktop security
products.
(Submitted by Comodo Group of Comodo Trustix Ltd)
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