Online Forms and Business Logins must present as SECURE.
All payment services must present as SECURE in the browser.
Browser changes have more than 60% of all UK websites presenting as NOT SECURE.
Chrome 59 (6/6/2017) goes even further in naming and shaming UK organisations who don’t comply.
This is all geared to the new GDPR rules coming into force 1/5/2018.
Big fines if you don’t comply. Up to 17% of last year’s revenue.
All designed to prevent Identity Theft/Fraud and protect your customers’ data.
Browser Changes
The SHA-1 algorithm is no longer secure. Google has already started to blocking SHA-1 SSL/TLS certificates from version 56, which was released on January 31st 2017. They have also started to mark all NON-HTTPS with FORMS, LOGIN or PAYMENT pages as NOT SECURE.
Microsoft and Mozilla have now announced they too will be ending support for SHA-1 HTTPS certificates – Mozilla from build 51 of Firefox (January 2017) and Microsoft Edge / Internet Explorer 11 from February 14th 2017. On all fronts, D-Day is finally arriving for SHA-1 and more importantly for unprotected sites.
Are your Logins and payment pages secure?
If not, your visitors will see web browser warnings – you will begin to lose traffic and your online revenue will decrease.
Prevent this from happening by booking a free audit across all your sites, just fill in the form on this page.
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Increased Customer Confidence and Decreased Abandon Rates – The visual green address bar seen next to the URL of today’s most secure websites serves a clear indicator to your customers that your website is trusted and secure. Attackers cannot replicate it. It is a reminder that you have undergone and passed the rigorous validation process backed by the CA Browser Forum, so confidence is assured and transaction conversions increase.
Protection against Phishing and Attacks – EV SSL certificates give your website validity and protect against phishing and other malicious attacks with advanced encryption.
Savings – EV certificates prove the legitimacy of your website with branded protection and help reduce support costs and calls from customers who have given their credentials to malicious actors.
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