The aplication of 3rd Party Certification Programme in Malaysia

Third party certification program is a procedure by which an authoritative body gives formal recognition that a body or person is competent to carry out specific tasks. The third party who issues the digital certificate to verify and authenticate the website is called certificate authorities (CA). Certification Authority is a trusted third party in a public key security system which is responsible for providing the identity of users and issuing them with certificates.

Since there are threats of internet security spreading over the internet nowadays, it is important to gain the certification from third party in order to ensure that our information transmitted over internet reaches the destinations safely. Besides, certification is needed because it assures users with e-mail protection and validation as well as security of online shopping in order to avoid from hacked and attacked by malicious software such as Trojan, virus and worms. Upon the provision of 3rd party certification program in Malaysia, users will be able to transact through the internet safely.

MSC Trustgate.com Sdn Bhd is the company that provides the third party program in Malaysia. According to the history, MSC Trustgate.com Sdn Bhd was established in 1999 as a licensed Certification Authority (CA) operating within the Multimedia Super Corridor in Malaysia under the Digital Signature Act 1997(DSA), a Malaysia law that sets a global precedent for the mandate of a certificate authorities. The objective of Trustgate is to secure the open network communications and become the catalyst for the growth of e-commerce, both locally and across the ASEAN region. In addition, the vision of Trustgate is to enable organizations to conduct their business securely over the internet.

Moreover, Trustgate provides digital certification services such as digital certificates, cryptographic products and software development.Other than that, the provision of products and services of Trustgate are SSL Certificate, Managed PKI, Personal ID, MyTRUST, MyKAD ID, SSL VPN, Managed Security Services, VeriSign Certified Training and Application Development.

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