Nov, 2009 : GlobalSign Launches Multi-Year Secure Email Certificate
📅 - Company's PersonalSign range allow users to digitally sign and encrypt email messages with multi-year cost savings benefits.
GlobalSign, a Certification Authority and specialist in SSL Partner Programs, today announced the launch of its new multi-year Secure Email Certificate, branded PersonalSign - a cryptographic Digital Certificate that will secure email content and identify to recipients the true email identity of the sender. The company says that by offering multi-year Secure Email Certificates versus one year Certificates allows users to renew less frequently, avoid the common pitfalls of an expiring Certificate, and take advantage of multi-year pricing discounts. It adds that the launch comes at the time when fellow Certification Authority Thawte (owned by VeriSign), announced the discontinuation and upcoming revocation of its Secure Email Certificates.
The company explains that Secure Email Certificates (sometimes also known in the industry as Digital IDs) can be installed in all popular email clients such as Microsoft Outlook, and allow email users to digitally sign and encrypt email; ensuring it is tamper proof and protected from prying eyes. Encrypting an email renders its content and attachments unreadable by anyone except the intended recipient. Additionally, digitally signing an email protects message integrity by ensuring the message has not been altered, either accidentally or maliciously. It claims that GlobalSign PersonalSign Certificates also allow users to digitally sign Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access documents directly from Microsoft Office to prevent tampering of content and prove authorship.
The company further states that prior to the pioneering introduction of multi-year Email Security Certificates by it, customers using similar S/MIME compliant Certificates from other providers would have to re-order/renew Certificates each year. It also explains that besides the annual risk of forgetting to re-apply before expiration, users can run into the problem of not being able to open messages encrypted with previous (or lost) Certificates. This occurs when users do not realize that even expired Certificates must be retained or exported, especially if there is a change of computers. The company avers that by using a three-year validity PersonalSign Certificate, users have fewer Certificates to maintain over prolonged periods, and will not need to complete the annual renewal process required by providers of other solutions. It adds that it is now offering the PersonalSign 1 product with a validity period of three years for only $49.
GlobalSign, a Certification Authority and specialist in SSL Partner Programs, today announced the launch of its new multi-year Secure Email Certificate, branded PersonalSign - a cryptographic Digital Certificate that will secure email content and identify to recipients the true email identity of the sender. The company says that by offering multi-year Secure Email Certificates versus one year Certificates allows users to renew less frequently, avoid the common pitfalls of an expiring Certificate, and take advantage of multi-year pricing discounts. It adds that the launch comes at the time when fellow Certification Authority Thawte (owned by VeriSign), announced the discontinuation and upcoming revocation of its Secure Email Certificates.
The company explains that Secure Email Certificates (sometimes also known in the industry as Digital IDs) can be installed in all popular email clients such as Microsoft Outlook, and allow email users to digitally sign and encrypt email; ensuring it is tamper proof and protected from prying eyes. Encrypting an email renders its content and attachments unreadable by anyone except the intended recipient. Additionally, digitally signing an email protects message integrity by ensuring the message has not been altered, either accidentally or maliciously. It claims that GlobalSign PersonalSign Certificates also allow users to digitally sign Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access documents directly from Microsoft Office to prevent tampering of content and prove authorship.
The company further states that prior to the pioneering introduction of multi-year Email Security Certificates by it, customers using similar S/MIME compliant Certificates from other providers would have to re-order/renew Certificates each year. It also explains that besides the annual risk of forgetting to re-apply before expiration, users can run into the problem of not being able to open messages encrypted with previous (or lost) Certificates. This occurs when users do not realize that even expired Certificates must be retained or exported, especially if there is a change of computers. The company avers that by using a three-year validity PersonalSign Certificate, users have fewer Certificates to maintain over prolonged periods, and will not need to complete the annual renewal process required by providers of other solutions. It adds that it is now offering the PersonalSign 1 product with a validity period of three years for only $49.
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