Safety First Is Safety Always
In the wake of wonderful and indeed useful technological advancements that are meant to make our lives and connecting with people easier and faster, a new monster in the form of hackers have been created hence the need to keep all our sensitive details floating in the cloud safe from people with malicious intents.
An SSL certificate is one of the measures you can use to keep sensitive information safe and secure. An SSL certificates renders visible online security by displaying the green padlock sign close to your domain name when it is loaded on a browser.
If your clients have to sign in to use your website or make payments on your website, you need an SSL certificate. This sign of web security close to your domain name on a browser not just increases customer trust but increases the credibility of your brand. When visitors know that their data exchange with your website is secure, their confidence will be increased. They will feel safer when buying on a website that has been verified and secured.
An SSL certificate keeps your website’s information secure by encrypting data communication between your website and server, turning it into code that hackers cannot understand. Thereby keeping yours and your clients details safe from prying eyes.
Having a free SSL certificate on your website is not good enough as this does nothing for your websites security as it only validates your domain name. There are various SSL certificate level with different level of encryption on data security. The highest level of SSL certificate is the Extended Validation Certificate also called EV SSL. This SSL certificate activates both the padlock and the green address bar that will contain the name of the Organization that owns the website in all major browsers, provides the strongest level of encryption and more. You can learn more about SSL certificates here and purchase one here.
You have worked hard to build your business and online presence. Do not lose it to fraudsters or hackers. Get an SSL certificate today.
