What are SSL, Importance, Need and Certification?

In these days every business organization wants to appear on the first page of the Google Search Engine. It is very important for a business organization to rank first on the Google search engine. If you want your business website to be appearing on the first page, then you just need a website which is certified from the SSL certification. SSL is the technology which is used by the billions of businessman to protect their customer’s personal details from steal and leaked. The Internet has a vast number of users, but some of the users are criminals or hacker which can do anything to gather the business information and personal customer details like passwords, IDs, credit card details and debit card details, etc.

What is SSL?

It stands for the Secure Sockets Layer which establishes the links which are encrypted between a web server and browser. The technology of SSL connection is used for keeping the entire data of business remain safe and details of the users confidential. A certificate of the SSL is necessary for activating the SSL connection into the website. For a certificate of SSL you need to give the nuanced detail about yourself, company detail and website identity. Once the CA issues the Certificate of SSL to you, then you can install the SSL connection to the web server. After the Installation of SSL, then it generates the two following cryptographic keys which are a public key and private key.

On the very next step, you have to apply for the submission of CSR “Certificate Signing Request” which contains all your personal details and your public key. The Certification Authority verifies your personal details, and after that, they issued you the certificate of SSL. The Certificate issued by the CA comprises your domain name, organization name, address, and country you belong. This certificate also contains the issuing date and expiry date of the SSL certificate.

Importance of SSL Certification:

• The SSL certificate helps in protecting the personal details of user and business organization from the cybercriminals and hackers.
• By using the SSL certificate or connection into the web server, then it helps you in ranking in the search engine in the first page. The Google confirmed at the year of 2014 that they would give an advantage to the website which URL starts with the HTTPS instead of HTTP.
• The SSL connection of the website will give you the peace of mind as well as it builds the customer trust towards the website. This technology has secured and keeps all the personal details confidential and not leaked the single detail to any other third person. It also verifies the authentication identity of the business owner.