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VeriSign Trust Seal
The VeriSign Trust™ Seal shows the world that VeriSign has confirmed your identity and your site has passed the
VeriSign malware scan. The biggest companies in the world secure their Web sites with VeriSign and inspire confidence
by showing the VeriSign seal. Now any Web site can build trust, credibility and loyalty online with the VeriSign seal.
Features abd Benefits
 | Display the #1 trust mark on the Internet: VeriSign Trust Seal shows your site visitors that you are trusted by the leader in online trust and gives them the confidence to buy, click, and sign in. |
 | Establish your business legitimacy: Authentication is an established and proven process used by VeriSign that shows the world that VeriSign has verified your identity and that you are the rightful owner or operator of your Web site. |
 | Protect visitors and your site from malware: Web site malware scan is a daily review of your Web site to help protect it from being blacklisted by search engines and to reduce the risk of infecting your customers' computers when they browse your Web site. |
 | Stand out in search results: VeriSign Seal-in-Search™* is a VeriSign seal displayed near your link in search results to help you stand out from the competition and help increase traffic to your site. At theFind.com, VeriSign Seal-in-Search helped increase click rates by an average of 18.5 percent. |
*Seal-in-Search is enabled through VeriSign partnerships with third party technology providers and Web site owners and is enabled on
more than 75 million desktops. VeriSign is working to make seal-in-search as prevalent as possible but does not guarantee its availability.
Any Web site can build trust, credibility and loyalty online by displaying the VeriSign Trust Seal.
- Small business owners: The VeriSign seal helps to establish your online legitimacy by showing your visitors that your site has been verified by VeriSign, one of the most trusted authorities on the Internet.
- Ecommerce shops: Perfect for online retailers that outsource their payment or shopping cart. Post the VeriSign Trust Seal to give your customers the confidence to buy online.
- Publishers: Traffic and clicks are critical to your success. Draw traffic by standing out in search results and establish your credibility to promote click-throughs with VeriSign Trust Seal.
- Sales, sign-ins, and sensitive data: If you collect or share personal information through your Web site, you need to keep data private with a VeriSign SSL Certificate.
VeriSign Authentication Services and Symantec Unite.
As many of you know, VeriSign Authentication Services became part
of Symantec in August of 2010. Since then, Symantec continued to invest in
and enhance your SSL Certificates—adding more value and providing even
more protection for your business—while still giving online customers
the greatest confidence that your website is secure.
Symantec committed to making this transition as simple and seamless
as possible. That’s why we’ve created this site to keep you up to date
with new product enhancements and our plans to evolve the #1 Trust Mark
on the Internet.
In April 2012, the VeriSign seal you
have on your site will automatically update to the new Norton™ Secured
Seal, powered by VeriSign. There will be no action required on your end.
Once the seal updates, it will be displayed up to 650 million times per
day on over 100,000 websites in 165 countries. It will also appear in
search results on enabled browsers as well as partner shopping sites and
product review web pages. At this time, all mentions of the VeriSign
name will also be updated to Symantec to reflect the new company
ownership.
* Based on rebranding tests, 94% of respondents are likely to
continue an online purchase when they see the Norton™ Secured Seal
during the checkout process as compared to seeing other seals or no seal
at all (U.S. Online Consumer Study, February 2011).
- You are protected by military-grade data centers.
VeriSigns robust PKI infrastructure is now part of Symantec and includes military-grade data centers and disaster recovery sites for unsurpassed customer data protection, availability and peace of mind.
- The Norton Secured Seal means safe to browse.
Research shows 65% of consumers agree that a website displaying the Norton™ Secured Seal is safe to browse and wont give them a virus (Consumer Research Study, January 2011).
- The Norton Seal protects online privacy.
Studies show that 55% of consumers agree that a website displaying the Norton™ Secured Seal means that the website protects your online privacy (Consumer Research Study, January 2011).
- >The Norton Seal means safe credit card transactions.
53% of consumers agree that credit card transactions are safe on a website displaying the Norton™ Secured Seal, more than our competitors trust seals (Consumer Research Study, January 2011).
What is the VeriSign Trust™ Seal?
Norton Secured The VeriSign Trust Seal is a dynamic, animated graphic that displays on Web pages secured by VeriSign® SSL Certificates and Web
sites authenticated by VeriSign. When users click the VeriSign seal, a verification page opens containing information about your organization,
the status of your malware scan, and SSL Certificate details (if you are an SSL customer).
Top 10 Transition FAQs
- What updates are being made to the VeriSign seal?
The VeriSign Checkmark will stay the same. When all VeriSign
seals automatically update to Norton™ Secured Seal, the color will
change to yellow and "VeriSign Trusted" will become "Norton Secured"
with "powered by VeriSign" added to the seal. Symantec research shows
that the well-recognized Checkmark combined with these two strong
consumer brands, should produce the same, if not better, results when
you display the Norton™ Secured Seal on your website.
- Is there any research available to show if consumers will be favorable to the name change?
Yes. Symantec’s research has shown an overwhelmingly positive
response to the name change by consumers. Norton is the leading name in
personal technology protection, with Norton products in use by 135
million people worldwide and shipped on 60% of Windows-based consumer
PCs. Symantec’s results showed that 77% of consumers recognized the
Norton Secured Seal even before we have introduced it!
When is this change taking place?
The seal will be changing in April of 2012.
- Will the product names be changing?
In April 2012 most product names will simply be updated to
Symantec where they once were VeriSign. For example, VeriSign Secure
Site will become Symantec Secure Site. This will be evident in the
purchasing process and on invoices, but otherwise customers probably
will not notice a difference.
- Why is Norton the brand name used in the Norton Secured Seal?
In August 2010, Symantec purchased
VeriSign Authentication Services, including VeriSign SSL Certificates
and the VeriSign Trust Seal. As part of the transition, the trust mark
became part of the Symantec product family. In the new seal, the
Checkmark will stay the same and the seal will say "Norton Secured,
powered by VeriSign."
Symantec’s Norton brand is extremely well known to consumers,
and these consumers will look for the Norton Secured Seal on Web sites
just like yours. In recent tests, 77% of consumers recognize the Norton™
Secured Seal with the check— more than any of our competitors’ trust
seals (Symantec Consumer Research, January 2011).
- What do I have to do on my site to begin using the Norton Secured Seal?
No action will be necessary for customers currently posting the
seal. Since the seal is served up via javascript, it is simply a matter
of Symantec changing which image will display. Once the change is made
on the Symantec servers, the new seal will automatically be shown in
place of the old seal.
- Is my SSL Certificate going to say it is signed by Symantec now?
If a user is to click on the padlock and bring up the SSL
Certificate details, it will still indicate it is signed off of the
VeriSign Root CA. The product names will be changing from VeriSign SSL
Certificates to Symantec SSL Certificates.
- In an EV SSL environment, what will the security status bar display?
After April 2012, Extended Validation SSL Certificates will say
identified by Norton in the security status bar (Internet Explorer
browsers version 7 and higher). The same rigorous and proven
authentication processes established by VeriSign will be used by
Symantec to verify businesses and ownership of websites and the Norton
name will assure consumers of this.
- Will the VeriSign sales and support representative change?
The same support and sales teams will continue to provide the high standard of support our customers expect.
- Can I begin using the Norton Secured Seal before April 2012?
A select group of early adopters are testing the Norton Secured
Seal before April. To learn more about becoming an early adopter,
contact your sales representative. For updates on this seal transition,
visit our online community dedicated to this update.
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