Lets us know where we are to start. Equifax Inc. It provides security, privacy and transaction risk management solutions that protect consumers and business from the risk of identity theft and fraudulent transactions. Our customers have access to the expertise of industry-leading experts in encryption, data analysis and digital communication has enabled us to develop a wide range of solutions covering the entire Internet community. Additionally, our unique industry focus as a total solution provider offers our community a distinct competitive edge. Our aim is to manage transaction risk and provide safety and security for e-commerce with the industry's most comprehensive set of electronic trust and decisioning services.
Certificates are one of the most secure methods of protecting transactions over the Internet.
A certificate contains identifying information about the certificate holder, name of certificate authority and a public key for encryption of secure documents being sent to the recipient. If a browser recognises the certificate authority, it will allow PKI encrypted secure communications. Traditional, symmetric encryption uses one key to encrypt and decrypt documents. This means that the integrity of information is only as secure as the weakest recipient's security. Asymmetric, two-key encryption, uses one key, the public key, to encrypt a document or object, and a different, private key, to decrypt a document.