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SSL Certificates
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SSL stands for Secure Socket
Layer, which is geek-speak for a
method of encrypting data over Internet connections.
Not to get too technical, but it is a method by
which a website and the person browsing the site
mututally agree to encode the data traveling over
their Internet connection in such a way that no
other user or server can make sense of the data.
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It all happens without the user having to do
anything special, and it is EXTREMELY secure.
In fact, as of January 1, 2013, there have been
ZERO verifiable cases of someone having their
credit card number stolen when transmitting it over
an SSL secured Internet connection. Despite
what many people believe, you are far more likely to
have your credit card number stolen by somebody in a
restaurant or traditional store than over the
Internet.
Nowhere has the "deflation" of Internet pricing been
more apparent than in the market for Internet
security certificates. In the early days of
the web boom, there were only a couple of
authorities who would issue SSL certificates, and as
a result they could pretty much charge what the
market would bear... Usually thousands of dollars a
year. Those same companies are still out
there, and they are still charging outrageous sums,
but there are now a number of upstart companies
offering SSL certificates for a fraction of the
price (some less than $50/year!). Despite what
the "expensive" companies will tell you, there is
really no difference. In fact, some of the
less expensive certificates actually offer BETTER
encryption than the expensive ones!
Don't be fooled! If you have a site that is
dependent on solid data encryption, let WebZealot
help you find a solution that won't clobber your
wallet, while still providing mission critical
protection!
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