thawte is dedicated to providing outstanding value for money and ensuring world-class multilingual customer service. We started operating in 1995 and issued our first SSL certificate on 12 June 1996 .

thawte
Was purchased by VeriSign Inc. in 2000 but runs as a separate brand.
Has issued over 550,000 SSL and Code Signing certificates and over 780,000 Personal Certificates to date
Has customers in 172 different countries
Employs over 100 staff
Supports 28 languages
Is dedicated to the open source community
Has a state-of-the-art IT infrastructure which boasts the following:
Fully redundant server farms in secure data centers in both east and west coasts of the USA
5 tier security with optical and hand scanning environments
Extremely secure firewall clusters
Segregated application servers for redundancy
Regular disaster recovery tested planned and executed under the scrutiny of KPMG


thawte's soul
thawte is unique. No one matches the precise mix of values, skills and assets we bring to our customers. Importantly, our commitment to the egalitarian ethos of the Internet and our focus on extending a trusted relationship on the Internet to anyone, anywhere mean that there is no other company quite like us.

Our focus has remained unchanged, and we are still dedicated to our core driving forces:

Providing outstanding value for money
Ensuring world-class multilingual customer service
Extending our business to everyone

In attitude we strive to be like our customers, and as a result we have not become a bland corporate entity. With our belief system intact, we strive to deliver, as always, only the very, very best.