A website that has a green icon or colored bar in the URL section of a web browser is a site that has been secured with a specific type of SSL certificate. This special type of certification is called an Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificate. Getting an EV SSL certificate requires that you complete a more rigorous series of checks than a standard SSL certificate requires.
- Not everyone who owns a website is eligible to obtain an EV certificate and display the green color or icon in the URL bar of a web browser. Individuals cannot obtain an EV certificate; it is reserved for companies and government agencies. While the types of organizations that are allowed to get an EV certificate are varied, the result of this restriction means that certificate authorities (companies who sell SSL certificates) are able to verify several layers of information about the organization. This means that customers who visit a website that displays a green icon or color in the URL bar can look up information about the company that is using it and verify that the company is who is says it is.
- The documentation required to get an EV SSL certificate includes documents relating to your business, such as your founding documents, business licenses or other documentation. Depending on the certificate authority that you purchase an EV SSL certificate from, you must also provide a legal opinion letter that states that you are personally authorized to purchase an SSL certificate on behalf of your company or the company you represent. All of this verification helps ensure that only legitimate, established businesses can use the EV SSL certificate on their websites.
- The main benefit of having an EV SSL certificate is that it gives your customers and website visitors a visible sign that your website has been secured. It also adds a layer of legitimacy to a website because the verification process for getting an EV SSL certificate is stringent, and it requires, at a minimum, that you have an established company or other organization whose identity can be verified
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