In today’s interconnected world, your online solutions
need to interact seamlessly with customers connecting to your web
server, reading your emails, running your code or trusting your
electronic documents. The GlobalSign Root Certificate is present in
every popular machine, device, application and platform that utilizes
the trust of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) e.g. SSL/TLS, S/MIME, Code
Signing and Document Signing.
In 1998, GlobalSign had the foresight to create a strong Root
Certificate by using 2048 bit RSA keys. This makes the GlobalSign Root
Certificate the most widely distributed Certification Authority to
already meet the NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology)
recommendation that from 2011 onwards all cryptographic keys should be
2048 bit in strength. Anything less than 2048 bit will most likely be
deemed insecure, which has prompted the CA/Browser Forum to insist that
all Extended Validation SSL Certificates are to be 2048 bit from the 1st
January 2009 in anticipation. GlobalSign can offer 2048 bit strength
across our entire Digital Certificate portfolio.
GlobalSign is also one of the few Certification Authorities that can
offer SGC (Server Gated Cryptography). This enables SSL Certificates to
force web servers to create a strong 128 bit encrypted connection with
older, weak 40 bit encryption browsers. To customers, the added strength
of a 2048 bit root and the inclusion of SGC strong encryption is
transparent – and to you, you are safe in the knowledge that the
strongest encryption available is always being used to secure your
communications.
