Founded by Mark Shuttleworth in South Africa, Thawte® was the first certificate authority to issue SSL certificates to public entities outside of the United States, quickly accounting for 40% of the global SSL market. In 2000, Thawte® was acquired by Symantec™ and has become a key member of the Symantec™ family of trust brands. To date, Thawte has issued more than 945,000 SSL and code signing certificates since 1995, protecting identities and transactions in over 240 countries.

Thawte® continues to prosper as a distinct brand within the Symantec™ group of companies. The company has the full backing of Symantec™ , while maintaining full autonomy in their day to day business.

World's 1st International Certificate Authority: As the world's first international Certificate Authority, Thawte® has a 17-year proven track record of providing world-class security to customers in 190 countries, creating customer confidence with local-language trust seals, and enabling more people to navigate the web securely in their own language.

SSL Expertise: Unlike many other SSL vendors, digital certificates are Thawte® core business – we don't focus on anything else. That's why Thawte® is the global SSL expert, offering a full range of SSL products, including EV, OV, DV, SGC, Wildcard and SAN SSL certificates to customers worldwide Thawte® Trusted Site Seal, available in 18 languages, is known for its distinctive, dated timestamp – providing visual proof that your site can be trusted.

Experience You Can Rely On: Thawte® delivers an easy and efficient usage experience, from product selection, to certificate management, to expert, customer support. Thawte Certificate Center streamlines your certificate management process by enabling you to keep track of all your certificates in one place, and easily renew, revoke, and reissue from one central location.

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