Quick Validation certificates make sure that any information submitted on a site is encrypted between the site and the site user. Verification is performed quickly by emailing the owner of the certificate via one of the contacts listed in the domain's WHOIS information. By doing this it helps to ensure that a certificate is valid and has been requested and authorised by someone related to that domain.

All data is transferred using secure encryption technology.

Full Validation certificates encrypt data in the same way as the quick validation option. However instead of just emailing a WHOIS contact to perform validation the full validation options requires that the certificate owner is a verified legal entity (e.g. a LTD business, an individual or a sole trader).

This option is the most thorough method of validation and of SSL issuing, however it does take longer as often the issuing Certicate Authority require documents to be sent to them to confirm identity.