Website Security Solutions

Website Security Solutions allow companies and consumers to engage in communications and commerce online with trust and confidence. With more than one and a half million web servers using our SSL certificates, an infrastructure that processes more than four and a half billion certificate checks daily, and a trust mark that is seen more than half a billion times a day in 170 countries, the Norton Secured seal is the most recognized symbol of trust on the Internet.

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  Updated: Bob Angus 18 Dec 2012

  VeriSign Trust Seal Customers Offer Great Gifts for Dads and Grads

  Father's Day and graduations are right around the corner; it's time to start looking for those special gifts to express your gratitude. Golfballs.com and HumidorVault.com build customer loyalty and trust by displaying the VeriSign Trust Seal. As the nation honors 67.8 million fathers and more than 6.5 million high school, college and professional school graduates, loved ones from coast to coast will go online to find and purchase gifts for the dads and grads in their lives. In fact, online sales for Father's Day look very solid. Check out the stats being reported in...
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  Updated: Bob Angus 18 Dec 2012

  Cart32 - Merchants now get trust and merchant services in one place

  Chicago is the epicenter of ecommerce right now with the Internet Retailer Conference (IRCE 2010) in full force. VeriSign is adding to the buzz too. We just announced a new partnership with Cart32. Cart 32 now offers the VeriSign Trust Seal to the thousands of merchants who use their comprehensive e-commerce solution. So now online retailers can go to one place for shopping cart software, store management tools, merchant services and now the...
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  Updated: Bob Angus 18 Dec 2012

  MerchantCircle Now Offers VeriSign Trust Seal to Local Businesses

  Today VeriSign announced a new partnership with MerchantCircle that helps small businesses drive more happy customers to their doorstep (or home page). MerchantCircle is the nation's largest social network of local business owners. Now its 1.3 million members can standout from the competition in local search results and build increased confidence with consumers by displaying the VeriSign Trust Seal. Local and small businesses need a high-impact online presence to succeed. They...
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  Updated: Bob Angus 18 Dec 2012

  Online shopping is the top channel this Valentine's Day

  The average person plans to spend $103.00 on traditional Valentine's Day merchandise this year, according to NRF's 2010 Valentine's Day Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey. As the economy remains difficult for many consumers, this planned is similar to last year's $102.50 and leads to an estimated total of $14.1 billion this Valentine's Day. "The economy has forced consumers to rethink their gift giving practices," said Phil Rist, Executive Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, BIGresearch. "Personal and unique gifts will speak volumes this Valentine's Day as consumers dig deep into their hearts and not their wallets." However, flat over all spending masks the key area of growth, namely online shopping.The shop.org blog highlighted some additional metrics of interest in their ...
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  Updated: Bob Angus 18 Dec 2012

  The Trusted Way to Shop for Holiday Travel Deals

  Many deal-seekers are shopping online for last-minute holiday travel deals right now. If you are an online travel providers (or any ecommerce site offering ship it now specials), you need to make sure that you are maximizing your conversions by giving visitors assurance that their private information and credit card info is secure. How? The best way to build trust, increase transactions and standout from the competition is to use extended validation SSL. VeriSign has several case studies with travel sites, like...
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  Updated: Bob Angus 18 Dec 2012

  E-Commerce Times Discusses Recognizing Trust Marks

  The E-Commerce Times just posted an informative article about differences in SSL and how online shoppers recognize trust marks. SSL Certificates: Safety, Nuisance, or Both? by Mike Pearson. The discussion centers around the fact that consumers are now expect to see trust marks like the VeriSign Secured Seal or other security indicators like the padlock, https and the green address bar. But how easy is it for the bad guys to spoof those? Fortunately, it is not easy, especially for the most trusted brands like VeriSign. VeriSign SSL blogger and VP Tim Callan was quoted in the piece. He reminds ecommerce merchants of the extra safety measures that VeriSign takes in protecting the value of the VeriSign Secured Seal by enforcing against spoofs. Additionally, the basic differences of SSL certificate authentication...
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  Updated: Bob Angus 18 Dec 2012

  Checkout Page is Top Priority - Shop.org Research

  Shop.org just released the The State of Retailing Online 2009: Merchandising Report. The report highlights that ecommerce sites are focused on optimizing the basics to boost sales, not adding whiz-bang features. In particular, optimizing the checkout page is the top priority. Here at VeriSign, we could not agree more. When it comes to how people buy online, trust at the point of purchase and throughout the checkout process is critical. It is great to see that ecommerce websites are addressing how the online shopping experience ends as much as how it begins. According to Shop.org's research (which was conducted by Forrester Research), online retailers this year have the following priorities for their websites: Checkout process redesign - 79% Improved content on product detail pages - 73% Site search and browse...
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  Updated: Bob Angus 18 Dec 2012

  TheFind Displays VeriSign in Search Results

  At Internet Retailer 2009 in Boston, TheFind announced that it is integrating the VeriSign Secured Seal into their search results. TheFind - who delivers a comprehensive shopping search engine with over 350 million products from more than 500,000 stores - is the first search engine to address online shoppers' need to trust merchants by incorporating the VeriSign seal directly into its search results. Or as Fran Rosch, senior VP of Authentication Products at VeriSign, says... "As the Web's most trusted security provider, VeriSign is pleased to provide TheFind'...
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  Updated: Bob Angus 18 Dec 2012

  Father's Day Shopping - Ecommerce Leads the Way

  Retailers are banking on every holiday in the midst of the current economic downturn. The good news is that Father's Day on June 21 is projected to deliver a nice spike - especially for online retailers. NRF and Shop.org just posted the results of their annual Father's Day survey conducted in early May 2009 by BIGresearch. Here are some of the highlights: 75.4% of US consumers plan to celebrate Father's Day this year with average spending estimated at $90.89. While that average is down slightly from last year ($94.54 in 2008), those consumers who shop online are expected to spend over 50% higher at $136.31! Yet another indicator that ecommerce is carrying the way during this recession. What items are hot for Dad among online shoppers? Books and CDs - 40.5% (nearly the double the number as consumers overall...
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  Updated: Bob Angus 18 Dec 2012

  RSA Conference 2009 - Tons of Great Product News from VeriSign

  This week I am taking a break from my ecommerce focus to deliver live coverage of the RSA Conference in San Francisco, CA. Of course, as everyone transacting online knows, security = trust. So the news and trends coming out of the premier security event should be of interest to everyone. And make sure to follow me on Twitter and the VeriSign Twitter team for constant live updates.VeriSign has been very, very busy innovating new security products that will impact consumers and enterprises. At RSA Conference 2009, we have already had 3 major announcements that has the newswire and the VeriSign booth abuzz. New SSL Certificate Discovery Tool to Save Companies $$$$ Corporate IT departments have a complex task managing...