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Secure Certificate Monitor

What is SSL protection?

An SSL certificate is a one-of-a-kind fingerprint, used to uniquely identify the legitimate website it is assigned to and to encrypt sensitive data. Proper use of an SSL certificate validates that a website is what it claims to be and that transactions between the site and its users are secure.

Catbird’s Secure Certificate Monitor is unique in the field.

By automatically checking the validity of a company’s Secure Certificate every two minutes, Catbird’s agents work around the clock to ensure routine ecommerce does not fall victim to Internet Pharming.

The Secure Certificate Monitor is ideal at preventing the “man in the middle” attack typical of pharming. In this type of attack, a hacker poisons BGP routes and then exchanges a SSL certificate with the customer, allowing the hacker to covertly eyeball traffic headed toward the legitimate website. The bad guys now see secure traffic in its unencrypted form, including confidential information such as account numbers and passwords.

To counter this, Catbird uses its swarm of agents around the Internet to follow poisoned BGP paths and detect the accuracy of secure certificates being exchanged with customers. The Secure Certificate Monitor essentially picks up the SSL fingerprint from the target and then continually compares it to results from all over the world. If someone changes the BGP routing to send traffic to the wrong target, remote Catbird agents routed to this malicious destination sound the alarm immediately to inform security personnel.

This form of DNS Hijacking is a leading cause of online identity theft. Unsuspecting users give their credentials to websites of trusted brands, unaware that those websites have been compromised by these voyeuristic hackers. Once armed with users’ confidential data, the thieves can steal assets and destroy reputations. Catbird’s comprehensive Pharming Protection can detect man-in-the-middle attacks immediately.

Catbird’s SSL protection is an insurance policy on your website.