In my last post, I briefly described the history of e-commerce cyber-security, and how phishing scams are actually helping improve security in cloud computing.

Now we are seeing that early adopters have been reporting revenue and bottom-line improvements that can be attributed to EV SSL. Versign says that CRSHotels.com saw a 30% increase in conversions from Internet Explorer-7 traffic. Likewise, Flagstar Bank reported 10% improvement in customer sign up. Charles Schwab took the lead from the investment and finance management services side.

Another leading Certificate Authority (CA), Comodo, is reporting adoption at financial services companies like GE Money and Lending Tree. Lately, the adoption has been spreading beyond traditional e-commerce/financial sites to such businesses as FedEx and Starbucks. Read more