NEW data released by independent information-technology (IT) market research firm w3Techs.com bared Comodo Group Inc. has captured 33.6 percent of the digital certificate authority market to take the No. 1 position.
The market-share data “usage of SSL [Secure Sockets Layer] certificate authorities for web sites” focuses on global Web-technology usage and monitors certificate authorities of the top 10 million web sites to calculate market share.
SSL certificates, which authenticate the identity of a web site and encrypt information that is sent back and forth over the server, are managed and issued by Certificate Authorities.
According to webopedia, SSL is “a protocol developed by Netscape for transmitting private documents via the Internet” using a cryptographic system. The system makes sure all data flowing between the Web server and browsers, like Chrome, Explorer and Mozilla stay private.
“In the history of the Internet, this is the first time there has ever been a new No. 1 in certificate authority market share, and we are extremely proud of this accomplishment,” Comodo CEO Melih Abdulhayoglu was quoted in a statement as saying.
“It’s important to state that we’ve achieved this number one ranking through organic growth, not acquired growth, resulting from strong customer and partner relationships globally.”
Comodo said it has installed more than 85 million of its Internet security products.
“Comodo’s unique ‘point-to-verify’ technology shows real time verification of a customer’s business credentials,” the company said.
The firm’s certification is used for online shopping.
Of the percentages of dot-com websites using various SSL certificate authorities, Comodo is used by 34.7 percent of all dot-com websites, the Clifton, New Jersey-based firm said citing w3Techs.com.
Symantec dropped below 30 percent for the first time, moving to 29.9 percent, Comodo said citing the market share data titled “Distribution of SSL certificate authorities among websites that use .com.”