The Application of Third Party Certification Programme In Malaysia : TRUSTGATE

TRUSTGATE is a licensed Certification Authority (CA) in Malaysia since 1999. They offer complete security solutions and leading trust services that are needed by individuals, enterprises, government, and e-commerce service providers using digital certificates, digital signatures, encryption and decryption.

One of the services provided by the company is SSL Certificate for Internet, Intranet and Server Security where the server of your business will be secured by the programme. The increasing phishing and spoofing attacks on the internet makes customers wants to make sure they are dealing with trusted parties when they are dealing business online and ensure that their information traveled over the Internet reaches the intended recipients and is safe from intruders.

There are seven reasons why to choose this service provided by the company:

1. Authentication: An SSL certificate securely authenticates your web site to your customers - they can be confident that the site they are dealing with is genuine and not a forged or "spoof" site. MSC Trustgate authentication procedures are recognized as the most thorough in the industry. A VeriSign certificate gives confidence that your web site, intranet, or extranet is one that can be trusted.
   
2. Encryption: When a Digital Certificate is correctly installed on your web server, your customers can communicate with your website over an encrypted HTTPS connection - all data (such as credit card details) sent to or from your customers will be secured against interception or eavesdropping. Seeing HTTPS in the URL reassures your clients that they can deal safely with your site.
   
3. High Grade Security: Choose a VeriSign Global Certificate, and you'll receive 128bit SSL encryption - the strongest grade of encryption available. Compare features of our Global and Secure certificates.
   
4. One Year or Two: Our SSL comes with a choice of one or two year validity periods. Two year certificates bring significant cost savings and means fewer certificate renewals.
   
5. Local Support: MSC Trustgate, affiliate of VeriSign in Southeast Asia, prides itself on the quality of our local based support that we offer on our certificates. Get the help you need to enroll, install, use and renew your certificates.


6. VeriSign Secured Seal: Included with your digital certificate is the VeriSign Secured Seal the Web's most recognized trust mark. The seal allows your customers to quickly and easily verify your site's credentials and that their personal data is secure.
   
7. Protection Plan: For your peace of mind a warranty cover of up to RM 400,000 is included with every SSL Certificate. This protects you should you experience any economic loss resulting from corruption, identity theft, or loss of use of your web server certificate.

The services are also divided into:

• Global Server ID that adopts today's strongest encryption commercially available for secure communications via Server Gated Cryptography (SGC) technology. GSID authenticates your web sites and enables 128- or 256-bit encryption to secure communications and transactions between the site and its visitors.

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• Secure Server ID which is Secure Site SSL Certificates protect the transfer of sensitive data on Web sites, intranets, and extranets using a minimum of 40-bit and up to 256-bit encryption. It includes the VeriSign Secured Seal.

By having this security in your business website, customers would be more confident in dealing business with you and they will feel more secured. Thus, this increases the success of your business one step further.

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