Organization Validation is intended to support and provide information for certificates issued to organizations (including corporations, government agencies, NGOs, etc.) for SSL/TLS-enabled sites, code signing, and other uses.
Extended validation is the same as Organization Validation but is in compliance with the extended validation guidelines. The organizational identifying information receives prominent display in the browser.
Certificates verified using organization validation (OV) or extended validation (EV) practices contain the verified name of the entity that controls the website. Certification authorities (CA) issuing these certificates check with third parties to establish the official name of the organization and where they are located.
Importantly, the CA takes further steps to contact the requesting organization to confirm that they did, indeed, request the certificate and that the requester is authorized to receive the certificate on behalf of the organization. When visiting a website using an OV or an EV certificate, the end-user can use the certificate to verify that they are sending their transaction data to the intended recipient.
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