As the digital economy grows, organisations need to constantly re-evaluate their online presence to ensure they are capitalising on the opportunities and rewards that technology presents but also mitigating any risks or threats that exist, whether caused by design or mistake.
Secure Sockets Layer is a protocol that dates back almost as far as the domain name industry itself. Developed in 1994 by Netscape, one of the biggest web browsers in the early days of the Internet to provide authenticated, encrypted data connections between a host and its users.
See a useful guide defining key terms commonly used in the domain name industry.