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An SSL Certificate Increases User Trust

An SSL certificate ensures that all data exchanged between your website and its visitors is encrypted, protecting it from unauthorised access by third parties.

Browsers like Google Chrome flag websites without SSL encryption as “Not Secure,” which can diminish your site’s credibility. With an SSL certificate, your site’s URL will begin with “https” and display a padlock icon in the browser, signaling to visitors that their data is safe. SSL protection not only enhances user trust but also boosts your website’s search engine ranking, making it more likely to be favoured by both search engines and visitors.

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Trusted To Secure Your Website

If you visit a website without a SSL certificate the communication between your website and a visitor is not encrypted. This means that your connection to that website can potentially be eaves-dropped on and modified, meaning any passwords or confidential information sent to the site could be stolen.

While this isn’t a big issue if you have a simple information website, if you have a website that deals with passwords or confidential information, this can be a big problem. There is a solution however – you encrypt the connection between the computer and the server, making the connection secure. To do this requires what is known as a SSL certificate.

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What is an SSL certificate?
An SSL certificate encrypts data exchanged between your website and its visitors, ensuring that sensitive information, like login credentials and payment details, remains secure.

SSL certificates protect your visitors’ data and build trust, as browsers flag non-SSL sites as “Not Secure.” Having an SSL certificate ensures your website is seen as safe and boosts your search engine rankings.

You’ll see “https://” at the beginning of the website URL and a padlock icon in the browser’s address bar, indicating that the site is secure.

Yes, Google gives preference to secure sites (with SSL) in search rankings, which can improve your visibility and attract more visitors.

1. Domain Validated (DV) SSL

  • Purpose: Provides basic encryption and verifies the ownership of the domain.
  • Verification Process: The certificate authourity (CA) only checks that the applicant owns the domain. No organisation details are verified.
  • Ideal For: Personal websites or blogs that don’t handle sensitive data.

2. Organisation Validated (OV) SSL

  • Purpose: Provides stronger security and encryption than DV SSL, with the added benefit of verifying the organisation’s identity.
  • Verification Process: The CA verifies the ownership of the domain and checks the legitimacy of the organisation, such as confirming the business’s name and location.
  • Ideal For: Business websites that require a higher level of trust.

3. Extended Validation (EV) SSL

  • Purpose: Offers the highest level of encryption and trust.
  • Verification Process: The CA performs a thorough vetting process to validate the organisation’s identity, including confirming legal, physical, and operational existence. When a website with an EV certificate is visited, the organisation’s name appears in the browser’s address bar.
  • Ideal For: E-commerce sites and businesses that want to convey maximum trust and security to their visitors.

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and TLS (Transport Layer Security) are both cryptographic protocols designed to secure communication between a web server and a client (typically a web browser). While they serve the same fundamental purpose of encrypting data, TLS is the more modern and secure protocol, and SSL is considered outdated.

The term SSL is still widely used because it’s familiar and easy to recognise. SSL was the original encryption standard for securing websites, so it became a well-known term associated with online security. Even though TLS replaced SSL with stronger and more secure technology, companies continue to use the term “SSL certificate” because it’s what people understand. It’s also used in marketing to simplify communication, as most users don’t know the technical differences between SSL and TLS. Essentially, “SSL” has become a common way to refer to secure website encryption, even if the technology behind it has evolved.