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February
CA Security Council P.1
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EV Multi-Domain P.2
2013 EV Code Signing P.2
Feedback P.2
Your Success is Built on Trust™
Announcing the CA Security Council
DigiCert® works hard to earn your setting bodies by promoting the
trust and your business. As part of adoption of global standards and
our commitment to you, DigiCert is encouraging best practices that
actively involved in many industry improve internet security.
associations and participates in
the drafting and adoption of global The CASC also has an educational
standards that help advance mission, which includes encouraging
internet security, including standards web administrators and end-users to
developed in the CA/Browser Forum utilize SSL correctly and providing an
(CABF) and the Internet Engineering understanding on how SSL protects
Task Force (IETF), and participation online transactions.
in the Online
Trust Alliance The CASC’s
(OTA). first initiative
is focused on
Given the promoting the
continued wide-spread use
importance of SSL in protecting of certificate status checking and
sensitive information exchanged revocation, specifically helping web
online, and amid the increasing administrators understand how they
number and sophistication of online can better protect their servers and
attacks, DigiCert is announcing the relying parties by enabling online
formation of the CA Security Council certificate status protocol (OCSP)
(CASC). The CASC is a collaborative stapling.
effort of DigiCert and other leading
Certificate Authorities (CAs). We welcome your feedback.
Visit www.casecurity.org for more
The CASC works diligently to support information.
the efforts of existing standards-
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2. Upcoming Events
EV Multi-Domain Certificates
DigiCert will participate
Our dedication to security and trust runs deep, as is proved by our commitment to in several industry
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February 25 - March 1
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