Overview[1]#
Certificate Level Of Assurance (or Certificate Validation Levels) Over the last few years the number of organizations using SSL/TLS Certificates has increased dramatically.Certificate Level Of Assurance is controlled by the CA-Browser Forum in the Baseline Requirements for Contents of Publicly Trusted SSL/TLS Certificates
The applications for which SSL is being used have also expanded. For example:
- Some organizations need SSL simply for confidentiality, e.g. encryption (Domain Validated Certificate)
- Some organizations wish to use SSL to enhance Trust in their security and identity, e.g. they want to show customers they have been vetted and are a legitimate organization
Certificate Level Of Assurance are generally for three recognized levels: (lowest to highest)
- Domain Validated Certificate (DV)
- Organization Validated Certificate (OV)
- Extended Validation Certificate (EV)
There are several forms of Identity Proofing within the Certificate Level Of Assurance.
More Information#
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:- Certificate
- Certificate Validation
- Certificate Validation Levels
- Domain Validated Certificate
- Extended Validation Certificate
- Organization Validated Certificate
- Registration Authority
- [#1] - What are the Types of SSL?
- based on information obtained 2015-05-24
- [#2] - Baseline Requirements for Contents of Publicly Trusted SSL/TLS Certificates
- based on information obtained 2019-07-10