Function of digital certificate Process of getting digital certificate Need Benefits HTTPS

1. DIGITAL CERTIFICATE
Presented By:
Komal Agarwal
MBA 1st semester

2. CONTENT
1. Introduction
2. Functions of Digital certificate
3. Process of getting Digital
certificate
4. Need of Digital certificates in e-
commerce
5. Benefit of Digital certificates in
e-commerce
6. HTTPS

3. INTRODUCTION
 Digital certificates, a new form of electronic ID, issued by a Certificate
Authority (CA).
 The CA acts as the guarantor. Digital certificates must be issued by a
trusted authority and are only valid for a specified time.
 Guarantees the authenticity of information delivered over theWeb.
 It not only verifies the identity of the owner, but also verifies that the
owner owns the public key.
 It is used to establish secure communication between two parties who
are unknown to each other or have lack of trust.

4. FUNCTION
Digital certificate have two basic functions:
1. To certify the people, the website, and the network resources such as
server and the routers are reliable sources. Digital certificate can assure
that the person who you can want to establish communication is
actually the person who he claims to be.
2. Protection for the data exchanged from the visitors and the website
from tampering or even theft, such as credit card information.

6. NEED OF DIGITAL CERTIFICATE IN
E-COMMERCE
 The number of people and businesses online is continuing to increase.
 An ecommerce website is very different from the static website.
Customers make an online payment, enters credit card info on the
website, and many more.
 A Study of more than 350 active internet users showed that 90% of the
people are worried about their credit card information and identities that
can be stolen online.
 Hence an ecommerce website needs stronger security to protect from
any attacks.

7. BENEFIT OF DIGITAL CERTIFICATE FOR
E-COMMERCE
1. Identification / Authentication
2. Confidentiality
3. Non-Repudiation
4. PublicTrust

8. HTTPS
 HTTPS stands for HyperTextTransfer Protocol Secure.
 It is a protocol for securing the communication between two systems e.g. the
browser and the web server.
 It prevents hackers from reading and modifying the data during the transfer
between the browser and the web server.
 It established an encrypted link between the browser and the web server using
the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols.
 Websites protected by certificates usually display a lock icon followed by
"https" on the leftmost part of that site's URL when viewed on your browser's
URL bar.