EXTENDED VALIDATION SSL CERTIFICATES

 Extended Validation SSL Certificates were created as a result of industry wide effort for helping to increase identity awareness and offering consumers with a higher level of trust online.

Extended Validation SSL Certificates require businesses require completing a thorough documentation process and verification of current business licensing and incorporation paperwork besides verification that entity prescribed in the Extended Validation SSL Certificate has authorized issuance of the Extended Validation SSL Certificate.

Extended Validation SSL Certificates are recognized by Internet Explorer 7 and 8 for businesses which have completed this process and visually representing them by coloring the Address Bar in green.

Extended Validation SSL (EV SSL) Certificates have been built on the existing SSL certificate format and they offer an extra layer of protection in a strictly defined issuance process creating to ensure that the certificate holder is the one who claims to be.

Extended Validation SSL Certificates are special types of X.509 certificate requiring extensive investigation of the requesting entity by the Certificate Authority before they are issued.