I'll be giving a Web seminar this coming Thursday on Extended Validation SSL. The last time we had 780 attendees and a great question and answer session. Now with the certificates actually deployed in the market, there's more information to share than ever.

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Leading German bank Deutsche Postbank has publically endorsed Extended Validation SSL as its future direction. Writes Michael Heinen, Divisional Director of Postbank, "No bank can afford to be red, yellow or even white. When our customers perform their transactions online, the green address bar is an additional indication that they are on the real Postbank site and not on a phishing site. The additional authentication required to gain the green bar is vitally important for a bank such as ours!"

Microsoft Security Product Manager Markellos Diorinos is interviewed online on the subject of Extended Validation SSL. Just go down to the podcasts near the middle of the page and click on the link with Markellos's name. It's a good summary of the EV initiative and how EV SSL Certificates help consumer confidence on the sites where they do business or access confidential information.

Northern Rock, a major UK lending firm, has deployed EV SSL Certificates. I believe this posting is the most prominent (although certainly not the first) non-US Extended Validation deployment.