Extended Validation (EV) SSL is an important component in any online business’s fight against phishing. Phishing is a form of social engineering attack (otherwise known as a con) in which the phisher fools the victim into thinking he or she is visiting a trusted website.
In March of 2018, Comodo CA revoked an SSL certificate issued to Stripe, Inc, a legal business entity incorporated in Kentucky. This certificate had originally been issued to blogger Ian Carroll as part of his effort to scrutinize how Extended Validation SSL certificates are treated in browsers. Ian spoke out on social media after revocation of his certificate, which brought his case to the attention of Comodo CA’s senior management team.
As cyberattacks increase, so too does the defense of these attacks, which makes selecting the right Certificate Authority (CA) critical to your operations. When considering a CA, be sure they’ve implemented baseline security requirements and also that they:
In April 2018, Google's Chrome browser will begin requiring that all publicly-trusted server certificates issued by CAs such as Comodo CA are logged in public Certificate Transparency (CT) logs.
To meet the needs of our customers, we're pleased to announce that we've expanded our global presence with a new office in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. This move reflects our explosive growth, which includes 45 percent year-over-year growth in channel and partner business.
Companies are feeling the impact of the looming browser warnings and are moving quickly. Companies like Trustico aren’t taking any chances, and just announced that effective immediately, it will no longer offer Symantec branded SSL certificates.
Enterprise organizations are under attack. With ever-growing and evolving malware attacks, cybercrime and related threats, there is an increased need for the protection of digital information, network traffic encryption and enhanced trust in websites. To meet these challenges, one of the largest U.S. financial institutions selected Comodo CA to diversify options available to its enterprise customers while delivering multiple certificate options with competitive pricing, superior support, and a streamlined certificate ordering process.
Comodo CA has reached a significant milestone, having issued more than 100 million digital website certificates.
Beginning March 1, 2018, Comodo CA will reduce the maximum lifetime for all SSL (TLS) certificates to a maximum of 825 days, or just over 27-months. This timeline is down from the current term of 39-months, meaning the maximum validity for an SSL certificate will be two years. Three-year certificates will be removed as options from our retail website, API’s and provisioning portals.
It’s no secret that Google has announced its distrust of certain SSL certificate issuers. As a result, Google, Mozilla and others are now displaying warnings, which can turn a would-be customer into a lost opportunity, leading to less traffic and less revenue.
These warnings will continue to escalate throughout the year, based on Google’s scheduled Chrome releases.