3rd party certification programme in Malaysia

Certification Programme is performed by the third party in order to verify and authenticate the web site.
VeriSign and MSC Trustgate are two popular 3rd party Certificate Programme.

VeriSign is a truster provider of internet infrastructure services for digital world. VeriSign offerings included SSL, SSL Certificate, digital content solutions, Extended Validition, two-factor authentication, identity protection, managed network security, public key infrastructure (PKI), security consulting, information management, and solution for intelligent communication and content.
Now, Internet Users also benefit from VeriSign EV SSL Protection as Mozilla Launches Firefox 3. When visit a site protected by VeriSign EV SSL Certificates, the "Site Identity" button attached to the location bar changes color to indicate the level of identity information provided, offering immediate reassurance that they've reached a site whose authenticity has or has not been verified by VeriSign. By deploying VeriSign EV SSL Certificates, online banks, retailers and other businesses help build trust and confidence among consumers by offering them immediate and visible assurance that they are dealing with reputable e-commerce sites. ----->

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0407512.htm

MSC Trustgate.com was established in 1999 as a licensed Certification Authority (CA) in Malaysia under the Digital Signature Act 1997 . It provide security solutions and trusted services to help companies build a secure network and application infrastructure for their electronic transactions and communications over the network.
Besides that, it also develop E-banking Security Deployment, E-procurement Integration, User Authentication and Customer Clearance Approval System,PKI. ---->

http://www.trademal.com/global/index.php/id/17463/MSC_Trustgate_com_Sdn_Bhd/index.html

In my opinion, 3rd party certification programme can help us identify which one is fake or true and it will increase the confidence when customer surfing the website. Customers also can trust the website and give the relevant or confidential information to the authority website as compare with those no such thing like that. Not only protect customers, but the company also need to protect themselves by retain their customers.