Third party certification is an assessment carried out to ensure compliance with a publicly available technical specification. Importantly, the assessment is carried out by an independent, third party organization that is qualified and licensed to issue certification when the assessment is successfully completed.
This means that rather than an organization or company claiming to comply with industry standards, they have taken their commitment to quality further and invited in an external third party to verify that their product or service does indeed comply with the industry standards.
The most popular application of 3rd party certification in Malaysia is provided by the MSC Trustgate.com Sdn. Bhd. MSC Trustgate.com Sdn Bhd is a licensed Certification Authority (CA) operating within the Multimedia Super Corridor. MSC Trustgate was incorporated in 1999 to meet the growing need for secure open network communications and become the catalyst for the growth of e-commerce, both locally and across the ASEAN region.
Trustgate is licensed under the Digital Signature Act 1997 (DSA), a Malaysia law that sets a global precedent for the mandate of a CA. As a CA, Trustgate’s core business is to provide digital certification services, including digital certificates, cryptographic products, and software development. It provides security solutions for individuals, enterprises, government, and e-commerce service providers using digital certificates, digital signatures, encryption and decryption as this is the primary concern of entering into the new Internet economy.
Among the products and services that they provide are Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificate Authority, Managed PKI, Personal ID, MyTRUST, MyKad ID and etc. In addition, MSC Trustgate has been appointed as Asia's first VeriSign Authorised Training Centre. Under this partnership, MSC Trustgate.com and APIIT (Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology) jointly facilitate the delivery of VeriSign’s high-end Security and E-Commerce programmes. VeriSign is the leading Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificate Authority which also enabling the security of e-commerce, communications, and interactions for Web sites, intranets, and extranets. It provides security solutions to protect an organization’s consumers, brand, Web site, and network.
The Diagram below shows how Verisign tackle spamming and it's solutions:
Therefore, it is important to apply 3rd certification programme as it provides a safe and secure Internet protection. More e-consumer can now shop and purchase online care-free while their personal information or confidentiality is protected
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