Online commerce requires trust. Certificate Authorities provide that trust through SSL certificate. EV-SSL (the EV stands for Extended Validation) provides the gold standard for SSL certificates. Merchants must undergo a rigorous process to obtain an EV-SSL certificate, and how browsers display the certificate is different than a normal SSL certificate. Here is how EV-SSL works...
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Infographic by: casecurity.org
![Extended Validation Builds Trust #Infographic Extended Validation Builds Trust](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpemstVvKw9XNLcvSxzdPz0DQtOA8nR0muP-535XB-aIBkbpuYBm_mKYIyycJG9pV1f3sxYgdFjK-AQHq7eQRIYomj8B-IpgPr8pXgsDyHcZ9nXjcDTbbRLMBKv-_Q-Nc4Oh9MAiOOgPxd/s0/EV-SSL_infographic.jpg)
Infographic by: casecurity.org