The application of 3rd party certification programme in Malaysia

Third party certification programme is performed in order to verify and authenticate the web site. The third party who issue the digital certificate to verify and authenticate the website is called certificate authorities(CA). Certification Authority is a trusted third party in a public key security system which is responsible for providing the identity of users and issuing them with certificates that attach the public key to their key to their identities

Need of 3 rd party certification :
Third Party Verification adds an important element of proof to electronic transactions. For example, in a just-completed experimental study of consumer reactions to electronic contracts, over 80% of respondents agreed that a transaction was harder to dispute because the verification was made and held by an independent third party.
At present time TPV elements are used in complex verification and approve of different web transactions in conjunction with Address Verification System, IP Geolocation, phone type identifying (land line, mobile, VoIP etc). According to Paul Heyward, head of IT (Proveout.com): "Online fraud is a common headache for vast majority of companies accepting credit/debit cards payments. Such services can significantly ease Merchant's and Webmaster's everyday work and essentially minimize fraud's possibility".

Besides that, those party are needed because they provide e-mail protection and validation, secure online shopping carts, and more services in order to avoid being spammed, hacked and attack by the malicious software.

The company that provided third party certification program in Malaysia, the most famous one is the MSC Trustgate.com Sdn Bhd. MSC Trustgate.com Sdn Bhd was established in 1999 as a licensed Certification Authority (CA) operating out of the Multimedia Super Corridor in Malaysia under the Digital Signature Act 1997(DSA), a Malaysia law that sets a global precedent for the mandate of a CA. More information about MSC Trustgate pleace assess to http://www.msctrustgate.com/.

Second is the MyKad PKI.Malaysian government has provided this smart National Identity Card (“MyKad”) for every citizen. MyKad with PKI capability allows its holder to conduct online transaction with government agencies and private sectors.This PKI is also primarily develop by MSC Trustgate. MyKad now allowed Malaysia citizen to authenticate themselves online and to digitally sign documents or transactions with MyKey (The MyKad PKI solution that works with the physically MyKad) and is accepted by the Malaysian government.