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Overview:

SSL or Secure Socket Layer is absolutely essential for any website collecting sensitive information online. SSL ensures the online transaction is safe and no hacker can intercept and misuse information being collected online. You can see it as the little padlock in the bottom right-hand corner of your browser when you enter a SSL secured web site.

How SSL Works:
1.	Provides visible authentication
	An SSL digital certificate generates a public key for your customers and a private key on your server that works as a kind of official, online stamp for your enterprise. This private key needs to be kept secure, along with a back-up. A user can check to see if a secure session has been established by looking at the web address: in a secure session, the 'http:' portion of the web address changes to 'https:'.
2.	Assures data integrity
	This basically ensures that nobody can tamper with the data or information that is already online and make sure the business is being done in a safe environment.
3.	Ensures data privacy
	This means that online collection of sensitive information is secure and cannot be intercepted or read by anyone except the computer it was intended for.