Third party is called as certificate authorities (CAs), who issue digital certificate to provide verification that your website does indeed represent your company. One of the application of third party certification programme in Malaysia is MSC Trustgate.com Sdn. Bhd. It is a licensed Certification Authority (CA) operating within the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC). It is incorporated in 1999 under the Digital Signature Act 1997 (DSA). It offers complete security solutions for individuals, organizations, government, and e-commerce service providers by digital certificates, encryption and decryption.
The objective of MSC Trustgate is to secure the open network communications from both locally and across the ASEAN region. The products and services provided by Trustgate are SSL Certificate, Managed PKI, Personal ID, MyTRUST, MyKAD ID, SSL VPN, Managed Security Services, VeriSign Certified Training and Application Development. The vision of Trustgate is to enable organizations to conduct their business securely over the internet, as much as what they have been enjoying in the physical world.
Digital certificate usually attach to an e-mail message or an embedded program in a web page that verifies that user or website is who they claim to be. The common functions of a digital certificate are user authentication, encryption and digital signatures. User authentication provides other security than using username and password. Its session management is stronger. Encryption can make the data transmission secured by using the information encrypted. The intended recipient of the data is only person to receive the message. Digital signatures are like the hand signature in the digital world. It can ensure the integrity of the data.
Why is the 3rd party certification needed? The reason is there are threats of internet security spreading over the net nowadays. For example, with the increase of phishing on the internet; customers want to make sure that whether they are dealing business with a trusted party. They are afraid of their personal information such as ID number, passwords, credit card numbers and so on, will be sent to those companies which do not exist in this real world. Thus, the certification from 3rd party is needed to ensure their information traveled over the Internet reaches the intended recipients and is safe.
Beside that, those parties are needed because they can provide e-mail protection and validation, secure online shopping carts and more services in order to avoid being spammed, hacked and attacked by the macilious software such as virus, trojan horse and worms.
In conclusion, by using 3rd party application, all the users or customers can have more safeguard to shop online without afraid of their personal information being used by other people in the internet. The confidentiallity of customers towards the internet will also be enhanced and the company can be protected.
The Official Website of MSC Trustgate
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