Extended Validation (EV) Certificates

EV Certificates provide a higher level of validation and are available to all business and government entities, but are not available to individuals. The EV process is more rigorous and detailed than for any other Certificate and will require additional steps, which may include obtaining signatures from several people within the applying company, legal verification of the business's existence, etc. EV Certificates provide additional visual assurance by turning your browser address bar green (when using modern browsers like IE7).