Security and trust: The backbone of doing business over the internet

The importance of delivering a secure and trustworthy online experience

Published September 2014

Gaining trust from your customers is paramount; it drives the success of any company that requires sensitive data to be transmitted over the Web. This paper explores the current state of website security and the contributions Symantec is making to help organizations protect critical data and build trust with customers. It begins with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption that address the most obvious and oldest problem in online business - the susceptibility of sensitive data in-transit to interception by cyber criminals.