You will find below are the types of trust level based on your company requirement and the best SSL certificates should you choose.
All SSL Certificates offer session security and encrypt any information submitted through the website, but they differ in terms of how much identity information is included in the certificate and how they display in browsers. There are three main trust levels for SSL Certificates, from highest to lowest – Extended Validation (EV), Organization Validated (OV) and Domain Validated (DV).
When deciding between trust levels, the main question to ask yourself is, “How much trust do you want to convey to your visitors?” You should also consider how important your brand identity is to your web presence. Do you want your brand clearly presented in the browser’s address bar or just included in the certificate itself? Or is tying your brand identity to your domain not that important to you?
Extended Validation (EV) Certificates
EV Certificates include the most company data and companies must meet the highest, most stringent requirements of any type of SSL Certificate before receiving a certificate. They also lend the most credibility to your website by bringing your business’s verified identity front and center – clearly displaying your company’s name in a green address bar.
Example site secured with EV Certificate in Chrome
Organization Validated (OV) Certificates
OV Certificates also include business authentication, meaning information about your company is included, but, unlike EV Certificates, this information is not as prominently displayed. In order to see your company’s identity information, visitors need to view the certificate details.
Example OV Certificate details in Chrome. You can see the company information included in the Subject.
Domain Validated (DV) Certificates
DV Certificates are the most basic type of SSL Certificate, including the least amount of identity information in the certificate and only proving the website owner could demonstrate administrative control over the domain. While DV Certificates offer session encryption (so they’re certainly better than nothing), they don’t include any company information. This means, for example, there’s nothing included in a DV SSL Certificate issued to www.myduniahosting.com to verify that it is actually run by Myduniahosting.
Because of this, we don’t recommend DV Certificates for business use. Given the rise of imposter and phishing websites, we recommend website operators use SSL Certificates that include company identity information (i.e. OV or EV) so site visitors can view the identity of the domain owner.
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