The application of 3rd party certification programme in Malaysia

TPC (Third Part Certification) is very important for creating initial trust through implementation because the consumer has a tendency to trust brand names. The TPC programme requires the posting of a website privacy statement to inform a visitor about what personal information a web site may collect from them and how it will be used and disclosed among other features.

The most famous application of 3rd party certification program in Malaysia is provided by the MSC (Multimedia Super Corridor) Trustgate.com Sdn Bhd. MSC Trustgate.com Sdn Bhd was incorporated in 1999 and is a licensed Certification Authority (CA) under the operation of the MSC. Certification Authority is the body given the license to operate as a trusted third party in the issuance of digital certificates.

The core business of Trustgate is to provide digital certification services which include digital certificates, cryptographic products, and software development. Objective of Trustgate is to secure the open network communications for both locally and across the ASEAN region. Besides, the vision of Trustgate is to enable organizations to conduct their business securely over the Internet, as much as what they have been enjoying in the physical world.

There are few products and services provided by Trustgate which include SSL Certificate, Managed PKI, Personal ID, MyTRUST, MyKAD ID, SSL VPN, Managed Security Services, VeriSign Certified Training and Application Development.

VeriSign Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificates is the public encrypted key that Webmaster sends to CA which is a standard part of most web server and web browser packages when works in conjunction with the SSL technology. VeriSign will review the credentials and check through all the background of organization to ensure that the claim of organization before issuing any server certificate. The browser will verify its business purpose through ID automatically when browser connects to a legitimate site with VeriSign SSL Certificates. After that, information received by Web visitor is identical to encryption between browser and server and no modification is taken place.

VeriSign is one of trust brand on internet to further enhance operation of e-commerce because it gives confidence to customer in communication and online business transactions. In turn, the company will receive accurate information that the customer could not refute later. Additional protection against the misuse and expired certificates is provided. Thus, there was nearly one million times that people have clicked on

Please do not hesitate to visit the links below if you want to know more about the services provided by Trustgate:

=> MSC Trustgate.com Sdn

=> Verisign.com