SSL Certificates SSL Certificates are important for securing connections between your existing or future clients, and your business websites!   But what is SSL all about actually? Well, SSL or more commonly called TLS nowadays, is a protocol for encrypting Internet traffic and verifying server identity, containing the website’s public key and the website’s identity, along with related information. Any website with an HTTPS web address usesSSL/TLS. This means that your business is secure and overall gains confidentiality, integrity and authenticity over your connections.   Why do we need an SSL certificate? The answer is above. Lets dig in for a while. A website needs an SSL certificate in order to keep user data secure, verify ownership of the website, prevent attackers from creating a fake version of the site, and gain user trust. How it this done? Firstly by encrypting SSL/TLS encryption is possible because of the public-private key pairing, that SSL certificates facilitate. Clients (such as web browsers) get the public key necessary to open aTLS connection from a server’s SSL certificate.The primary reason why SSL is used is to keep sensitive information sent across the Internet encrypted so that only the intended recipient can access it. This is achieved because the information becomes unreadable to everyone except for the server you are sending the information to. This protects it from hackers and identity thieves Secondly by authenticating SSL certificates verify that a client is talking to the correct server that actually owns the domain. Is this so important? Actually, it is. Your customers will often be sending information through several servers. Any of these could pretend to be your website and trick your users into sending them personal information Can I do it by myself? Of course, you can do it. Anyone can create their own SSL…

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