Consumers and e-commerce vendors often view encryption as too complex for the average hacker to exploit. Unfortunately, they're wrong. Low-level encryption is far too weak and open to brute force attacks to ably protect your financial transactions and sensitive data.

Learn about these differences in security offered by 40-, 50- and 128-bit encryption and more in this free guide! Find out about the basics of Server-Gated Cryptology, how SGC-enabled SSL certificates work, and why they're different from other certificates available out there. You'll also discover how digital certificates enabled with SGC technology are capable of influencing encryption strength beyond what is agreed between browser, operating system and server, offering you more protection for your data!

Server-Gated Cryptology

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