Comparing SSL Certificate Validation Levels
Your visitors want to know who’s really on the other side of that URL. The best way to avoid an identity crisis and instill confidence is to make sure you have the right SSL Certificate. When it comes to enabling an encrypted connection and confirming the domain owner, Domain Validation (DV), Organization Validation (OV) and Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificates are the same. While protecting data in transit is important and now a browser requirement to avoid “Not Secure” warnings, the real value of SSL Certificates is that they validate the identity of who’s on the other end of the connection. How and what is validated differs between certificates. The higher the level of certificate, the more in-depth the validation and, ultimately, the more confidence and trust you establish with…