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Comodo Emerging As A Leading, Global Provider Of EV SSL Certificates
2008-05-02
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-Enhancer™ - Automatic Deployment and Maintenance Technology
EV AUTO-Enhancer™ - 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-Enhancer™ 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.
For additional information on Comodo - Creating Trust Online™ visit
http://www.comodo.com/
For more information, reporters and analysts may contact:
Judy Shapiro
Comodo
+1 (201) 963-9471
Email: judy.shapiro@comodo.com
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