Equifax Secure, Inc., a unit of Equifax Inc., today announced the immediate availability of Equifax Secure eBusiness ID™, a digital certificate solution that enables enterprises to secure web servers used for web sites, intranets, extranets and virtual private networks. Starting today, Equifax Secure eBusiness IDs can be obtained at Equifax Secure’s new web site.
Equifax Secure eBusiness IDs will confirm to visitors that they have reached the intended web site, encrypting and protecting exchanged data from interception or tampering, using secure sockets layer (SSL) technology. “Introducing eBusiness IDs provides web masters, web administrators and corporate e-commerce managers a more affordable, compatible and reliable choice to secure their web servers for e-commerce,” said Jeff Johnson, general manager of Equifax Secure. “Equifax Secure eBusiness IDs are a tremendous value that will empower enterprise customers to securely and quickly move their commerce applications to the web to grow their business.” With the significant growth of web sites going online, eBusiness ID offers a viable alternative to secure web servers. Network Solutions, the leading domain name registration company, reports more than 3 million web addresses registered in its domain name system. According to a Netcraft SSL survey, more than 53,000 servers go online every month, or 1.2 per minute.