Cybersecurity is a great challenge for online businesses, as hackers are becoming more numerous and bold in compromising websites, commercial sites where financial information is exchanged. A breach can create tremendous liability costs and shake customer trust in a business. That’s why all e-business sites should use SSL protection. The root purpose of an SSL authentication is to shield server-client communication. On installing SSL, it encrypts every piece of information. While dealing with sensitive data such as IDs, passwords, credit card numbers etc., it helps you against the mischievous mob of hackers and skimmers.

SSL certificate also provides authentication to a website. Identity verification is one of the most important aspects as far as it concerns web security. There is no doubt about the fact that the internet is deceptive.

Apart from encryption and authentication, SSL certificates are necessary for a customer trust point of view. The easy to identify signs inform the users that the data they send will be secured.

In 2014, Google changed its algorithm to give the upper hand to HTTPS-enabled websites. This has been clear in numerous studies conducted by SEO experts around the world.

If you accept online payments, you must know a thing or two about PCI/DSS requirements. To get online payments, your site must be PCI compliant. Having an SSL certificate installed is one of the 12 primary requirements set by the payment card industry (PCI). so, SSL is essential—whether you wish it or not.

Google has set the deadline for July 2018. In July, they will start warning users if a site is insecure. According to Search Engine Journal, over 50% of Internet browsers worldwide are Chrome, so this development could have an immense impact on websites. If you haven’t upgraded to https, now is the time. This means if your website doesn’t have an SSL certificate, it will display a ‘Not Secure’ website in the address bar.