What Is a Certificate Authority (CA)?

January 30, 2023

A certificate authority (also known as a certification authority or simply CA) is a trusted third-party organization that verifies the authenticity of websites. CAs issue digital SSL/TLS certificates that assure web visitors that they are communicating with an official website and not a fake domain set up to steal data.

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