GlobalSign® Corporate Information

GlobalSign was the first and is now the longest serving Certification Authority in Europe and has been providing Digital Certificate and credentialing services since 1996. It houses its highly recognised Root CA Certificate in its secure data centre operations in Belgium and operates sales and technical support offices in London, Brussels, Boston US, Tokyo and Shanghai.

In October 2006 GlobalSign became part of the GMO Internet Inc (TSE: 9449) group of companies. A newly appointed Management Team was formed - comprising of a number of industry veterans with experience of creating successful market positions for  Certification Authorities like GeoTrust (now owned by VeriSign), CyberTrust, RapidSSL and Comodo. GlobalSign Ltd provides local sales and support for UK, Irish and English speaking European customers.

A prestigious history, a long term future

GlobalSign has a rich history of investors, including ING Bank and Vodafone. Now, we are part of a GMO Internet Inc group company - a public company quoted on the prestigious Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE: 9449) whose shareholders include Yahoo! Japan, Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse First Boston. 

This credible background, expert staff and clear vision has helped GlobalSign become a leading entity in Digital Certificate based security, operating many prestigious Government projects. The GlobalSign Partner network includes a number of well established affiliates, addressing direct and enterprise customers in all territories throughout the globe.

The Global Certification Authority

GlobalSign is a well established Certification Authority and SSL Certificate Provider. A leader in public trust services, GlobalSign Certificates are trusted by all popular Browsers, Operating Systems, Devices and Applications and include SSL, Code Signing, Adobe CDS Digital IDs, Email & Authentication, Enterprise Digital IDs, internal PKI & Microsoft Certificate Services root signing. It's trusted root CA Certificates are recognised by all operating systems, all major web browsers, web servers, email clients and Internet applications; as well as mobile devices because of past investment from mobile carriers such as Vodafone, GlobalSign is an expert in providing trusted Certificates and secure mobile technology to cellular and mobile devices. 

Accredited to the highest standards

As a WebTrust accredited public Certificate Authority, our core solutions allow our thousands of enterprise customers to conduct secure online transactions and data submission, and provide tamper-proof distributable code as well as being able to bind identities to client Certificates for email security and remote two factor authentication, such as SSL VPNs. 

Serving the Customer, wherever you are

GlobalSign's focus on customer service ensures that enterprises all over the world benefit from expert technical assistance, provided in numerous languages by phone, email and web from the numerous International Offices. GlobalSign’s core PKI skill set also ensures that large scale Certificate based projects, whether enterprise PKI deployments or web hosting partner security solutions are delivered timely and effectively. The GlobalSign core competence is visible in ever increasing commercial success in all major countries: Banks such as ING and Fortis and many European Universities  rely on GlobalSign for their web site and transactional security. In total over 20 million Digital Certificate credentials rely on the security the GlobalSign roots, technology and infrastructure provide.

A Brief GlobalSign History

GlobalSign was established over 10 years ago as one of the world’s first public Certification Authorities and SSL providers. With an initial focus in Europe, GlobalSign soon expanded its operations to serve a worldwide customer base. Throughout its years, a number of prestigious companies have invested  in GlobalSign: Belgian Chambers, Ubizen, ING Bank and Vodafone - helping sculpt the global organisation and industry leading technology GlobalSign customers and partners benefit from today.



In October 2006, GlobalSign was acquired by the GMO Internet Inc (TSE: 9449) group of companies from CyberTrust and welcomed on board a brand new Management Team comprising of some of the most experienced and respected talent in the Digital Certificate market - with senior staff responsible for establishing and operating a number of wide reaching Certification Authority services.

Notes: Holding company of GeoTrust Japan and the company behind GeoTrust Europe and RapidSSL merged after Verisign’s announcement to acquire GeoTrust Inc.