Authorize.Net’s preferred payment gateway connection, Advanced Integration Menthod (AIM), provides the highest level of customization and security to merchants for submitting transactions online. AIM employs security standard secure data encryption technology to connect to the payment gateway using a merchant-initiated 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate. (Learn more about AIM)
Authorize.Net has teamed up with Comodo, Inc., the world's second largest certification authority, securing over 500,000 customers worldwide, to offer SSL certificates to Authorize.Net merchants at a discounted price. With an SSL certificate issued by Comodo, your customers will be assured that all data passing between your Web site and the payment gateway remains secure and confidential, leading to higher consumer confidence and potentially higher sales conversion rates.
Each SSL certificate subscription includes use of the Comodo TrustLogo Site Seal—a simple way for your Web site visitors to confirm your company’s identity and the validity of your SSL certificate.
Comodo offers SSL certificates at a fraction of the price of comparable certificates from other companies, making these certificates are by far the most cost effective 128-bit SSL certificates available today.
Server Gated Cryptography (SGC) enabled certificates upgrade the encryption capabilities of older browsers from 40-bit encryption into full 128/256-bit encryption—ensuring your Web site protects and is trusted by the highest number of Internet users possible.