Learn More | What is TrustToolbar?

TrustToolbar consists of a number components interacting to achieve a secure and trusted commercial infrastructure on the Internet.

The TrustToolbar Plug-in, a free Internet Explorer browser enhancement, provides end users with a common sense way to navigate the web. It also provides security and trust by identifying the company behind the website - achieved through the user friendly display of the company name, country and company logo on the plug-in interface.

Websites are validated and unique digital certificates are issued and placed in the commercial directory. The digital certificate is a standardised data file contains their digitally signed company details. The user's TrustToolbar Plug-in retrieves the digital certificate from the commercial directory, validates its integrity and displays its contents on the secure TrustToolbar interface.

Because company details are validated, both companies and consumers can be assured that only legitimate companies appear within the TrustToolbar system.

Current TrustToolbar stats:

• TrustToolbar Plug-in users may navigate the web using over 10,000 of the world's best known brands.
• TrustToolbar Plug-in users may search the companies only database - currently consisting of over 5 million commercial websites.
• TrustToolbar Plug-in users may identify the entity behind over 15 million websites when surfing the web. This makes the TrustToolbar directory the largest on the web!

Click here to learn more about the TrustToolbar product family and how it can benefit you as a consumer or as a company on the web.

Why is TrustToolbar needed?
TrustToolbar bridges the gap between the online virtual world and the physical world. It brings the same usability, intellectual property rights, brand usage, confidence, trust and security that we have long benefited from in the physical world to the web.

TrustToolbar Backbone Technology
The TrustToolbar system utilises the core technology of Public Key Infratstructure (PKI). This proven security technology encompasses the generation and management of digital certificates (conforming to the ITU X.509 Digital Certificate standard). These digital certificates contain the website owner's corporate details, and when issued result in a website becoming TrustToolbar enabled. This is essential to providing customers with trust and confidence in the identity of the company behind the website.

TrustToolbar utilises PKI technology to ensure that the digital certificate is integral (it has not been tampered with). If the digital certificate is a victim of tampering, it will fail validation by the TrustToolbar Plug-in. More information on the core digital certificate technology behind digital certificates is available in a free guide to an Introduction to Digital Certificates.

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