{"id":547,"date":"2017-03-01T09:47:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T09:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thesslstore.com\/knowledgebase\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=547"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:29:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:29:55","slug":"organization-authentication-for-ov-ssl","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.thesslstore.com\/knowledgebase\/ssl-validation\/organization-authentication-for-ov-ssl\/","title":{"rendered":"Organization Authentication Requirements for OV SSL Certificates"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first requirement for an Organization Validation SSL certificate is called Organization Authentication. This is where the Certificate Authority (CA) will attempt to verify that your organization is a legitimate legal entity.<\/p>\n

What is Organization Authentication?<\/h2>\n

The Organization Authentication requirement is perhaps the most involved of all the OV requirements. The CA will be checking that your organization is registered and active within your state or country. It’s absolutely vital that all of the listed information from your organization’s registration matches the details that you supplied during enrollment. It’s also worth noting that if your organization operates under any trade names, assumed names or DBAs, that all of that registration information needs to be up to date and accurate as well.<\/p>\n

The primary way that the CAs will attempt to verify this information is by checking the Online Government Database<\/a> in your local municipality, state or country\u2014whatever government site publically displays your business entity registration status. You can check on your registration information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If all the details match up, then you’ll have satisfied this requirement. If not, don’t worry. There are alternative methods your CA and you can utilize to authenticate your organization.<\/p>\n

Alternative Methods<\/h2>\n

There are three other methods that can be used for organizational authentication.<\/p>\n