The application of 3rd party certification programme in Malaysia

Third party can known as certificate authority or certification authority (CA). It is an entity that issues digital certificates for use by other parties. The digital certificates contain a public key and the identity of the owner.A CA can be a remote third party, such as VeriSign, or it can be a CA that you create for use by your organization by installing Windows 2000 Certificate Services. Certification authorities help verify transactions on the Internet. A certificate does not prove that the website that you visit is legitimate. This is due to any website also can create certificate by their own. Therefore, certification authorities is needed. One of the application of third party certification programme in Malaysia is MSC Trustgate.com Sdn Bhd.



MSC Trustgate.com Sdn Bhd was established in 1999. Trustgate is a licensed Certification Authority(CA) under the Digital Signature Act 1997 (DSA), Malaysia. They have offer complete security solutions and leading trust services that are needed by individuals, enterprises, government, and e-commerce service providers using digital certificates, digital signatures, encryption and decryption. MSC Trustgate.com Sdn Bhd had provide many service such as SSL Certificate, Managed PKI, Personal ID, MyTRUST, MyKAD ID, SSL VPN, Managed Security Services, VeriSign Certified Training and Application Development. MSC Trustgate has been appointed as Asia's first VeriSign Authorised Training Centre.Since year 2000, MSC Trustgate.com Sdn Bhd has been an affiliate of VeriSign. They focus on reselling VeriSign's Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) services to businesses and government, incorporating digital certificates, digital signatures and encryption.

The SSL Certificates that the MSC Trustgate offer to the sever security are Global Server ID (GSID) and Secure Server ID(SSID). GSID using the strongest encryption commercially available for secure communications via Server Gated Cryptography (SGC) technology. It verify your website and enables 128- or 256-bit encryption to secure communications and transactions between the site and its visitors. For the SSID, it protect the transfer of sensitive data on Web sites, intranets, and extranets using a minimum of 40-bit and up to 256-bit encryption.

VeriSign is the leading Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificate Authority enabling secure e-commerce, communications, and interactions for Web sites, intranets, and extranets. VeriSign is well known for the VeriSign Secured Seal, which is an outward expression of a Web site's authentication and encryption commonly posted to VeriSign SSL Certificate customers' Web sites. The VeriSign Secured Seal was part of the VeriSign's SSL service. It can help the owner
deliver a secure and convenient way to interact with the customer over the internet. This will help the owner increase the customer's confidence to complete the transaction.