These days many sites are secured by an SSL Certificate, I’m going to explain the reasons for this, when you need an SSL Certificate and when you do not, and also explain how to get one.

Online security is vitally important, in a world of credit card fraud and identity theft people need to be more and more vigilant when divulging their private details. Having the padlock symbol at the bottom of a page gives people a feeling of some security at least, this means the site is using an SSL Certificate so communication between the user and the website should not be able to be viewed by anyone else. (more…)

If you run an online business then as I’m sure you will know the security of your website is of utmost importance. You want your clients to have faith that your web hosting is secure and that they are assured their connection to your website is secure also. This is where an SSL Certificate is useful as it enables encryption of sensitive data that is communicated between your website and the client that is using it. An SSL Certificate creates a private channel which encrypts the data throughout transmission, and as these certificates are issued by trusted sources your clients can be assured that the padlock icon means their data will be secure. (more…)