GlobalSign® Press Release

GlobalSign Expands Digital Certificate Portfolio for Channel Partners

GlobalSign to offer the most comprehensive Digital Certificate product range available through any Partner Program, further maximising the reselling opportunity to new and existing partners

London, UK – October 5th 2010 – GlobalSign (www.globalsign.co.uk), one of the longest established Certification Authorities (CA) and leading providers of Digital Certificates worldwide, today announced that it has expanded its product portfolio available to channel partners to include its full range of Client Certificates. In addition to partners being able to resell SSL Certificates to secure customer websites, GlobalSign has expanded the reseller opportunity by enabling partners to offer customers Digital Certificates for securing code, encrypting email, digitally signing documents and utilising the online authentication capabilities of browsers and VPNs.

GlobalSign now offers the most comprehensive range of Digital Certificates available via any partner program in its industry, consisting of:

   • SSL – activates the browser padlock and green bar and signifies to consumers the
     connection with the website they are visiting is secure

   • Code Signing - enables developers to digitally sign (virtual world equivalent of shrink
     wrapping) and bind their authenticated publisher identity to the software they distribute

   • PersonalSign - enables users to digitally sign and encrypt email using mail clients like
     Microsoft® Outlook®, digitally sign Microsoft Office® documents, as well as authenticate
     to online resources via browser based VPNs

   • DocumentSign - enables users to digitally sign Adobe PDF documents to prove authenticity,
     authorship, and time of creation.

GlobalSign’s leading on-demand Digital Certificate management platform, known as the GlobalSign Certificate Center (GCC), provides partners with a single Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform to manage the application, issuance and renewal for their customer’s Digital Certificate requirements. Existing SSL Certificate resellers will see additional features within their account allowing them to resell all types of Client Certificates, whilst new resellers upon sign up will be given access to a new GCC account enabling them to start reselling certificates easily, quickly and effectively. Via GlobalSign’s Certificate Center, partners can also benefit from centralised purchasing and reporting functions, granular user management (essential for organisations with distributed departments) and simplified ordering and renewal processes.

“Since the launch of our SSL Reselling program back in July 2007, we have seen an unprecedented number of partners, large and small alike, take advantage of the business opportunities that reselling GlobalSign’s industry leading SSL Certificates has to offer”, said Lila Kee, Vice President of Product Development, GlobalSign. “By expanding our channel portfolio to include Client Certificates we hope to attract a wider channel audience who can benefit from integrating GlobalSign’s security solutions into their core product range, favourably positioning themselves against their industry specific competition.”

Verticals like Consultants, Integrators and Independent Software Vendors will now be able to benefit from the variety of Client Certificates available for resale. For example companies consulting on FDA ESG document submission practices can directly offer PersonalSign Digital IDs that can be used during the submission process, or Developers building client applications can directly offer Code Signing Certificates used for securing their clients’ code, and Engineering and Construction Consultants can directly offer DocumentSign solutions typically used to digitally sign engineering and product PDFs.

Existing GlobalSign partners will also immediately reap the benefits of implementing additional Digital Certificates within their product portfolios, as brands become more competitive, substantial revenue opportunities are opened, and the amount of revenue received per customer maximised – all with minimal costs and fast go-to-market. GlobalSign’s Pay As You Go, no commit purchasing scheme, web based certificate management interface and comprehensive marketing support, furthermore enhance the channel reselling opportunity that GlobalSign has to offer, aiding its proven success within the Digital Certificate Market.

For information about GlobalSign’s Partner Program and the full range of Digital Certificates now available to resell through the channel, visit www.globalsign.co/uk/partners

About GlobalSign
Established in 1996 and as a WebTrust accredited public certificate authority, GlobalSign offers publicly trusted SSL Certificates, EV SSL, Managed SSL Services, Code Signing for use on all platforms including mobile devices. Its Trusted Root solution uses the widely embedded GlobalSign Root CA certificates to provide immediate PKI trust for Microsoft Certificate Services and internal PKI, eliminating the costs of using untrusted Root Certificates. Its partnership with Adobe to provide Certified Document Services (CDS) enables secure digitally signed PDF documents, certified transcripts and e-invoices.  These core Digital Certificate solutions allow its thousands of authenticated customers to conduct secure online transactions, data transfer, distribution of tamper-proof code, and protection of online identities for secure email and access control.  The company has a history of innovation within the online security industry and has offices in the US, UK, Belgium, Japan, and China.

GMO Internet Group
GMO Internet Group is a leading force in the Internet industry offering one of the most comprehensive ranges of Internet services worldwide. The group is the top provider of domain registration, web hosting, ecommerce, and payment processing solutions in Japan and operates a host of other Internet services including global online security services, search engine marketing and online securities trading. At the center of the group is GMO Internet, Inc. (TSE: 9449) headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Please visit www.gmo.jp/en for further details.

For further details please contact:

Steve Waite
GlobalSign
+44 1622 766766 / +32 16 891900
press@globalsign.com