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PKI for Educational Institutions

Place your Institution at the Level of The University of Oxford, London School of Economics, and Warwick University by using Global Sign Online Security Solutions.

Educational institutions are not spared from cases of identity theft and phishing attacks. The proof to this is the increase in the number of diploma and Certificate mills which capitalise on an institute's name and credibility. Therefore, it is important for educational institutes like colleges, universities, and schools to secure against these attempts and attacks as to sustain a reliable and highly trusted network to ensure all functions of the institution meet the regulatory compliance requirements especially in terms of confidentiality and privacy.

SSL Managed Service

Manage your enterprise's several SSL Certificates via an advanced SaaS web portal / API

Management of several SSL Certificates could be time consuming, costly, and is prone to errors. SSL Managed Service from Global Sign offers educational institutes such as schools, universities and colleges the ability to easily manage the entire lifecycle of SSL Certificates for several different users, from issuing to revoking and everything in between. Managed SSL Services is able to reduce the time and money spent on SSL acquisition and management which efficiently optimises the delivery and ordering of Certificates to the most distributed of institutes. Managed SSL Service is perfect for multi-year, multi-license and multiple SSL Certificate requirements.

We fully support the security of educational institutions which is why they are eligible for significant discounts on Global Sign SRP. Contact us for more details.

Adobe Certified Document Services

Create authentic and secure electronic PDF documents

Educational institutions have an increasing number of faculty members and students who publish high importance documents which need to be secured from tampering. Global Sign, a member of Adobe Systems Certified Document Services program for PDFs, certifies that a particular PDF was authored by the specific person who claims to be who he is and that the actual file has not been tampered or edited since publication.

There is an increase in the number of educational institutes that publish documents electronically rather than on paper since it is secure, portable, and easy to distribute or exchange. CDS provides a more reliable and secure form of document exchange which enables documents to retain their original integrity while the recipient could determine that the document and authentic.With educational institutions moving towards electronic methods for documentation this solution allows fast and secure transfer of confidential information.

Enterprise PKI

Manage employee / extranet Digital IDs for Microsoft Windows and Adobe platforms

Enterprise PKI or ePKI is Global Sign's managed service used for standard Microsoft Windows Digital IDs as well as Adobe Trusted Digital Certificates. Issue Digital IDs to multiple suppliers, employees, and extranet users for authentication, secured email, and document security. This offers the complete lifecycle management as well as online identity management.

Trusted Root Certificate Authority

Root Signing to enable your Institute's Own Certificate Authority to issue globally trusted Digital Certificates

Educational institutes who operate their very own Microsoft Certificate Services or in-house Certificate Authority could chain their Root Certificates to the widely distributed and trusted GlobalSign Root CA Certificate which eliminates the "Not Trusted" error completely and would immediately benefit from being associated with Global Sign and its more than 10 year long relationship with applications, web browsers and Operating System vendors.