Many players might have come across references to how an online casino secures the financial transactions so that players can safely deposit and withdraw funds without the risk of hacking or any third party accessing those secure information. Most of the online casinos provide such information’s in the About Us section or in a separate Security section.
Most of the top online casinos get their systems certified by an independent expert organization. By doing this, they add credibility to the claim in the same manner that certificates from eCOGRA or Technical Systems Testing. VeriSign is considered as the most popular and reputed organization that certifies the security of financial transactions of an online casino. The online casinos that are certified by VeriSign usually display the "VeriSign Secured" logo on the home pages of their web sites.
VeriSign was founded in 1995 as a spin-off from RSA to engage in the security certification services business. It had gross revenue of $1.0 billion and an income of $197.5 million in 2009. Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certification remains the core of VeriSign business. A player looking to make a transaction online should understand how VeriSign SSL encryption works in order to feel secured online with their financial transactions.
