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Authentication Services

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The Authentication Services group is open to all new and existing customers interested in learning more about the products offered and changes that are coming as part of Symantec.

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New blog entry 18 Dec 2012
Tim Callan posted: A couple of recent articles with a different take on online security and consumer confidence
Two articles recently came to my attention because I'm quoted in them. Ordinarily I wouldn't blog something for that reason alone, but each of these articles took a somewhat novel angle on the topic of security fears among site visitors and what businesses can do to alleviate them. Th
New blog entry 18 Dec 2012
Tim Callan posted: Online scammers and High Assurance
This article talks about the recent conviction of a couple of Canadian online serial scammers . In this case the criminals set up fake vacation sites and sold vacations that did not exist. They shut each site down after a short period of time and then put up the next. In the process thousand
New blog entry 18 Dec 2012
Tim Callan posted: "Phish or No Phish"
When you sign up to check out the RSA keynote speeches , including VeriSign CEO Stratton Sclavos's presentation on security in the Any Era, make sure you check out the selection from Friday called "Phish or No Phish." Host Hugh Thompson shows us an interesting exercise where
New blog entry 18 Dec 2012
Tim Callan posted: H & R Block deploys EV in time for IRS deadline
In the wake of the IRS's stated requirement for Extended Validation SSL on all online tax filing sites, we've just seen deployment of EV SSL on H & R Block's TaxCut online filing application. In the past few years tax-based phishing attacks plagued would-be online f
blog entry comment 09 Jul 2010
Tim Callan commented on: How the upcoming acquisition of VeriSign's Authentication business will affect the issuance and availability of SSL Certificates
@ Aaron Anderson. I continue to be disappointed (but alas not surprised) at the deceptive tactics we seen Comodo engaging in. Telling people that we'll be unable to issue VeriSign certificates after the Symantec acquisition is patently untrue ...
blog entry comment 24 Feb 2010
Tim Callan commented on: New iPhone certificate attack
For what it's worth, I'm unaware of any statements from Apple itself that attempt to dodge ownership of this bug. I have seen statements from other third parties that appear not to understand exactly how this problem occurred. That's why the ...
New blog entry 18 Dec 2012
Tim Callan posted: See Extended Validation SSL at InfoSec in Orlando
If you're attending the InfoSec show in Orlando, Florida this week, make sure you swing by the VeriSign booth for an demonstration of Extended Validation SSL Certificates . A couple of our people are over there demoing EV, and they know the product very well, so it's a good oppor
New blog entry 18 Dec 2012
Tim Callan posted: VeriSign makes Fortune's Most Admired Companies list
Fortune magazine has published its new list of most admired companies in America , and VeriSign is on it . (Security, Website Security Solutions, Code Signing, SSL Certificates) () Symantec Fortune magazine has published its new list of most admired companies in Ameri
New blog entry 18 Dec 2012
Tim Callan posted: Opera plans to support Extended Validation SSL
Opera developer Yngve Pettersen has posted a nice writeup of Extended Validation SSL and why it is beneficial to the online community. Yngve ends his missive with the promise of an upcoming Opera release that supports EV. He writes, Opera has not yet implemented complete support fo
New blog entry 18 Dec 2012
Tim Callan posted: DebtHelp case study published
Regular readers of The SSL Blog will remember that DebtHelp.com was the first site apart from VeriSign to implement EV SSL Certificates . You will also remember that DebtHelp measured the results of deploying EV and determined that the green bars had raised conversions by 11% w