SSL Certification for websites

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. This link ensures that all data passed between the web server and browsers remain private and integral. SSL is an industry standard and is used by millions of websites in the protection of their online transactions with their customers.

To be able to create an SSL connection a web server requires an SSL Certificate, Kademi uses Amazon for the certification. When you choose to activate SSL on your web server you will be prompted to verify an email so the SSL certificate can identify your website and your company. Your web server then creates two cryptographic keys - a Private Key and a Public Key.

Switching SSL on in your organization

• Go to your dashboard

• Select the drop-down menu where its sates logged into: (website name)

• Click and select the organization details

Turn on SSL to the organization

Kademi has a build in HTTPS feature to protect your website account

• Click on the checkbox to turn on the forced HTTPS for your website account

• Save

How to identify if your website is SSL active

Look at the web browser, it has no HTTP in front of the website name (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) on the URL, then it's not SSL protected
if a website URL has https, this means it has an SSL certificate turned on, which is what you want to so no basic hacks can be performed.

Request an SSL certificate from Amazon (step 4)

Now that SSL is installed onto the website account, You need to add a verified Amazon SSL certificate to each website you have.

• Go to dashboard

• Click on the settings button of a website

Request a certificate from Amazon

• Click and proceed security

• Select the request a certificate button - this will send an email to you in order for a verification to be completed

• If you do not have a domain name for your website this step will not be valid, Kademi has its own SSL certificates that will be used automatically for your site

•  SSL certificates have to use a domain name to register and assign a certificate to secure your website 

Verification status

When the Amazon SSL certificate has been verified the status will change and be validated 

Verfy the email

• Go to your email inbox, look for an email similar to this,

• Click on the link to approve the Amazon certificate approvals 

Approve the verification certificate

Kademi and Amazon have synced and verified all data transmissions and the SSL certificate has been verified

• Click on the I Approve button

SSL certificate is successful

Refresh your page after a few seconds and the validations status would have changed.

If it views, "States: Issued", then the SSL certificate from Amazon has bee successfully made and loaded to your website

• Click on the Use certificate button to use the certificate 
  - this will install the verification status so the certificate can work

Switching on SSL to each website

This final step must be done to each website as well, we need to allow the website to turn on the HTTPS as it can use the verified SSL certificate.

• Go to your website and go to the setting (see step 4 above)

• Click and proceed to the security tab

• scroll down and look for  Security settings

• Select the option YES to force HTTPS

• Save

Your website is SSL secure

The Web browser has identified that there is SSL and no one is able to hack your website