GeoTrust, Inc., a provider of identity verification, credentialing and validation solutions, today announced support for new High Assurance SSL certificates.
The new High Assurance SSL certificate standard, which is being defined by leading browser companies including Microsoft, Mozilla and
Opera, in partnership with Certificate Authorities including GeoTrust and VeriSign, as well as the American Bar Association Information Security Committee, will entail a higher level of business verification than any Certificate Authority's current vetting methods.
Additionally, High Assurance SSL certificate identity information will be clearly displayed in the new-generation browsers, so that consumers will easily be able to discern that they are indeed at the site they think they are, and not a fraudulent version of a popular website.
Key to the new High Assurance certificates is a standardized
process across Certificate Authorities for v
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