Over the course of the next several weeks, CU*Answers Web Services will be adding SSL certificates to all shared hosted credit union sites at no additional cost to their credit union clients. If credit unions have already purchased an SSL certificate, they may continue to use it. If they don’t have an SSL certificate, CU*Answers will be providing one via the Let’s Encrypt certificate service authority.

Not only is SSL encryption more secure in terms of transmitting information between website and end user, browsers like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox have begun to prioritize SSL encrypted websites, and point out when they’re not encrypted. Chrome, for example, will indicate that the website is “Not secure” if it’s using the older HTTP encryption; a label that clients will not want to have associated with their credit union!

Credit unions do not need to do anything in order to receive an SSL certificate, they may just notice their website switch from HTTP to HTTPS protocol as CU*Answers Web Services roll it out to hosted websites over the next several weeks. Contact CU*Answers Web Services for any further questions.