Symantec Challenges Online Retailers to Make This Year’s Cyber Monday the Safest on Record
July 22 2015 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Cyber Security Leader Simplifies Securing
E-Commerce Sites With New Automated Installation
Symantec's SSL Assistant Plus Goes Beyond Basic
Encryption Offerings
Today, Symantec (Nasdaq:SYMC) has issued a challenge to online
retailers to make this year’s Cyber Monday the safest on record. In
order to prepare, the company released an enhanced version of its
best-in-class encryption tool, Symantec SSL Assistant Plus, to make
it easy for online retailers and other sites to encrypt and keep
their customers safe.
“When it comes to SSL encryption, you get what you pay for,”
said Quentin Liu, vice president, engineering at Symantec. “With
Symantec SSL Assistant Plus, we’re delivering extreme value over
free, basic SSL options by hiding complexity and helping to ensure
that websites are properly secured. In addition, we make the entire
process as simple and intuitive as installing an app on a phone.
SSL Assistant Plus is also backed by our world class technical
support organization and offers peace of mind because it’s created
by security experts. Our goal is to create a safer web as less than
one percent of online sites today are encrypted and use
certificates.”
Last year, the Heartbleed vulnerability left half a million
websites at risk, raising awareness for the importance of strong
SSL/TLS encryption. Internet sites around the world for banking,
healthcare, government, education and social media rely on SSL
encryption to help keep their data and their customers’ data
secure. Online retailers in particular depend on SSL to ensure a
secure link for financial transactions and to keep sensitive
information safe. But setting up SSL encryption is a technical
process, and for many website owners it can be too complicated.
With SSL Assistant Plus, Symantec has simplified the experience of
setting up encryption and delivering security in an easy way.
Symantec SSL Assistant Plus cuts the time it takes to set up
encryption down to minutes by removing arduous steps that require
technical experience. It automates the entire configuration
process, giving customers the assurance that comes from knowing
configuration of their servers is secure and vulnerability
free.
In a U.S. online consumer study, 91 percent of respondents said
that they would not continue an online transaction if they saw a
warning indicating the absence of a secure connection (Symantec
Online Consumer Study, November 2013). In fact, securing a site and
using the Norton Secured seal resulted in a 27 percent increase in
a shopper’s likelihood of completing their purchase (Symantec
Internal Study, February 2015).
With SSL Assistant Plus, the four most common browser warnings
will become a thing of the past. By using a secure connection,
e-commerce sites can reduce the types of browser warnings that
spook online shoppers away from their sites. SSL encryption alerts
online shoppers that their information is safe by showing a lock
icon in the address bar.
Unlike competitor offerings, Symantec supports simple
installation and use of all certificate types. Symantec SSL
Assistant Plus enables website owners to use Domain Validation (DV)
certificates, as well as Organization Validation (OV) and Extended
Validation (EV) certificates, which verify the real organization or
business behind a website. When sites also use EV certificates with
SSL, shoppers will see the address bar turn green and include the
site owner’s name. This gives businesses of any size the same power
to protect themselves and their customers as the largest retailers
in the world.
Availability
Symantec SSL Assistant Plus is now available globally.
About Symantec
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) is an information protection
expert that helps people, businesses and governments seeking the
freedom to unlock the opportunities technology brings -- anytime,
anywhere. Founded in April 1982, Symantec, a Fortune 500 company,
operating one of the largest global data-intelligence networks, has
provided leading security, backup and availability solutions for
where vital information is stored, accessed and shared. The
company's more than 19,000 employees reside in more than 50
countries. Ninety-nine percent of Fortune 500 companies are
Symantec customers. In fiscal 2015, it recorded revenues of $6.5
billion. To learn more go to www.symantec.com or connect with
Symantec at: http://www.symantec.com/social/
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