Hosting Reviews – MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced that its Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificates are found on more than 70 percent of the Internet’s top 1,000 SSL-using websites while its closest competitor sits with just 4 percent.

A screen shot of Microsoft’s security advisory concerning fake SSL certificates (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- IT security provider Comodo ( www.comodo.com ) revealed this week that a Registration Authority located in Southern Europe was hacked, leading to nine rogue SSL certificates on seven domains.

Website Hosting News – Boston, MA – GlobalSign, one of the longest established Certification Authorities (CA), and specialists in SSL security, today announced that it has shown the largest actual increase in the number of SSL Certificates active for the month of February. Enjoying a monthly growth of almost 2000 new secure sites, GlobalSign’s highly trusted SSL technology is being adopted at a faster rate than the other leading SSL Providers Symantec (comprising of its four SSL brands – VeriSign, GeoTrust, thawte and RapidSSL), as well as GoDaddy and Comodo, who all showed a decrease in number of secured sites for the same period. Between 2008 and 2009 the number of sites secured by GlobalSign more than doubled and subsequent years have seen strong growth rates of 64% and 59% respectively – higher than other major players

This diagram shows the process of HackAlert (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Digital certificate provider GlobalSign ( www.globalsign.com ) announced on Tuesday that it has shown the largest increase in the number of SSL Certificates active for the month of February, according to the Netcraft SSL survey. GlobalSign says it has added 2000 new secure sites a month, making its SSL technology “adopted at a faster rate than the other leading SSL providers” including Symantec, GoDaddy and Comodo.

Symantec’s Express Renewal feature eliminates the need to subimit a Certificate Signing Request, as shown here (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IT security solutions provider Symantec ( www.symantec.com ) announced on Thursday it has added two new features designed to simplify the renewal process for SSL certificates. Customers who have deployed VeriSign SSL certificates can fully automate the SSL certificate renewal process for up to six years

Thawte SSL Certificates Greatresponder.com – 2011-03-03 – Dotster.com launches its corporate website security solution under the Thawte SSL Certificates. Two types of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protection under Thawte are introduced to provide added protection in big corporations’ e-commerce websites. Now, Dotster.com can offer security solutions in their domain registration and website hosting

Web Hosting News – Vancouver, WA – Dotster.com, a leading global domain name registrar and security solutions specialist, today introduced a corporate class website security solution built around Thawte® SSL Certificates. By offering two types of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protection from Thawte, a globally recognized certificate authority, Dotster can offer its domain registration and website hosting customers a range of security solutions for both large corporations and up and coming ecommerce websites. Thawte’s quick yet robust authentication allows companies to easily secure their websites without the hassle typified by other SSL providers.