HSBC to Deploy EV SSL Certificates

**Glaswegian** · 04-24-2008, 02:11 PM

HSBC, the UK’s largest banking and financial services organization, is implementing new security technology to help keep its online banking customers safe from the clutches of identity thieves and e-criminals. HSBC plans to implement Extended Validation (EV) SSL from VeriSign, Inc., the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world.

Phishing has increased in the last few months according to APACS, with latest stats showing that over 10,000 incidents were reported in Q1 2008 – a 200 percent increase over the same period in 2007. EV SSL’s green address bars aim to build trust and confidence among consumers by offering immediate and visible assurance that they are dealing with a legitimate banking site and not an impostor site created by identity thieves.

http://www.darkreading.com/document....ng_section_297

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/s...c,365008.shtml

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