The application of 3rd party certification programme in Malaysia

Third parties are called certificate authorities (CAs), who issue digital certificate to provide verification that your website does indeed represent your company.Certification Authority is a trusted third party in a public key security system which is responsible for providing the identity of users and issuing them with certificates that attach the public key to their key to their identities.





One of the certificate authorities is MSC Trustgate.com Sdn Bhd. It is a licensed CA in Malaysia which 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.

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.

Beside that, VeriSign is the leading Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificate Authority which also enabling the security of e-commerce, communications, and interactions for Web sites, intranets, and extranets. It provides security solutions to protect an organization’s consumers, brand, Web site, and network.

Why need the 3rd party certification?

• Reason is threats of internet security spreading over the net nowadays. For eg phishing


• 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.


• Important element of proof to electronic transactions.


• More safeguard for online shopping, which means the customers can shop safely.


• Confidentiallity of customers towards the internet will also be enhanced and hence the organizations will be able to earn more profits.
  

In my opinion, by using digital certificate , we can freely make transaction without fear of having the personal data being stolen, information contaminated by third parties, and the transacting party denying any commercial commitment with the users.Security is the primary concern of entering into the new Internet economy. The ever-changing paradigm of e-commerce requires a well-mandated security infrastructure.Furthermore, the digital certification can assist the user to develop more activity on the internet.