In e-commerce world, reliability of business on the Web is one of the key concerns for online consumers. According to a research, there are more than 50% of people will choose to buy things from well-known and major site, in stead of those unpopular sites. Normally these sites have applied a digital certificate from a 3rd party, to ensure their sites’ reliability and boost online users’ confidence. The most popular 3rd party certification companies in Malaysia are DigiCert and MSC Trustgate.
DigiCert
It is the 1st certification authority in Malaysia, which licensed to issue digital signature and digital certificate. Basically, DigiCert provides services according to:1.Screening of the authority of the people that apply for issuance and revocation of certificates.
2.Issuance, revocation and publication of certificates.
3.Delivery, storage and archiving of certificates and certificates revocation list.
MSC Trustgate
It is the 2nd certification authority company in Malaysia, which is similar to DigiCert. It provides security services to various Internet markets such as:1. Issue digital certificates
2. Establish public key infrastructure
3. Provide cryptographic technology
Applications of Digital Certificate
Privacy and confidentiality -- use for message encryption and decryption.
Integrity, authentication, and non-repudiation -- use for digital signing of messages to establish the identity of the sender and to establish that messages have not been alter with.
Access control – use to control access to facilities, Internet sites, Intranets, and other digital networks.
Document archive and retrieval – use to validate that stored messages have not been altered and to provide controlled access to authorized individuals.
Identification and privileges -- to establish their rights and privileges, for instance, for licensing purposes.
Through these 3rd parties’ digital certificate, those business transaction through online will be secured, and thus, increase the reputation of their sites. Online users’ will feel secure to trade and communicate with the business site through online.
Through these 3rd parties’ digital certificate, those business transaction through online will be secured, and thus, increase the reputation of their sites. Online users’ will feel secure to trade and communicate with the business site through online.
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i agree with the point... and i think the privacy and confidential is the most important.
ReplyDeleteWithout 3rd party certification, we might not know how secure is the website. But there are still many phishing website, or websites that are not registered with the digital certificate. Thus, internet users should always take note with the digital certificate, when you are handling important information to the website, or making monetary transaction. Anyway, this post help me in understanding more about 3rd party certification, thanks buddy~
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