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Certificate Authority Market Share Report
May 1st, 2008

Report Description
This report, much like our original certs and CAs report, focuses on issuers of SSL enabling certificates found on web servers. Unlike our original report, however, this report has a couple of key differences to it:

  • Reports on top 100 CAs. The original report only paid attention to the major CAs at the time the report was produced. This report lists the top 100 CAs for the month. You will find here many self-signing organizations such as universities, telecommunications firms, etc.
  • Uses issuer name as identifier. Our original report only counted a certificate towards an organization if we were able to prove, by virtue of verifying the key, that the organization in question actually signed the certificate. This had a notable problem with it - we don't always have the public key of the CA. In at least one case, a CA doesn't make their public key available unless you sign a license agreement.

    This report doesn't have that problem, since it only uses the issuer Organization Name to uniquely identify the issuing CA.

CA April 2008
Count
April 2008
%
March 2008
Count
March 2008
%
Growth
%
Equifax (Geotrust)95,17723.0094,09123.06-0.27
Verisign84,66920.4684,67820.75-1.42
Thawte51,07912.3450,52712.38-0.33
Comodo Limited35,6608.6234,9468.560.61
GoDaddy.com, Inc.23,2625.6221,7175.325.61
Unknown10,1382.4510,0502.46-0.54
Starfield Technologies, Inc.9,9232.4010,3502.54-5.47
DigiCert8,3492.027,9451.953.61
Network Solutions L.L.C.6,7901.646,4941.593.09
Entrust.net4,7411.154,6521.140.48
SWsoft, Inc.4,0190.973,9770.97-0.37
GlobalSign nv-sa3,6800.893,1870.7813.84
Comodo CA Limited3,6740.893,4460.845.12
SomeOrganization3,4030.823,4430.84-2.55
GlobalSign2,5770.622,2670.5612.08
SECOM Trust.net2,1480.522,1640.53-2.14
Cybertrust2,0390.491,8650.467.79
IPS Certification Authority s.l.1,9270.471,8430.453.09
Snake Oil, Ltd1,8340.441,8920.46-4.43
SecureTrust Corporation1,7280.421,5770.398.03
AddTrust AB1,5340.371,9750.48-23.42
XRamp Security Services Inc1,5030.361,5690.38-5.55
Root CA1,4600.351,4510.36-0.80
Betrusted Japan Co., Ltd.1,2900.311,1880.297.06
Secure Business Services, Inc.1,2060.291,2030.29-1.16
TC TrustCenter for Security in Data Networks GmbH1,1590.281,1530.28-0.89
U.S. Government1,0270.251,0380.25-2.45
p1atin.de1,0150.258090.2023.70
COMODO CA Limited7730.196920.1710.13
CAcert Inc.5820.145490.134.52
Akamai Technologies Inc5270.134900.126.04
ispgateway5180.135120.13-0.25
T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH5040.124930.120.79
Earthlink Inc4600.114750.12-4.52
Unizeto Sp. z o.o.4100.103960.102.08
Firstserver, Inc.3990.103920.100.35
GTE Corporation3780.093670.091.55
Internet Widgits Pty Ltd3500.081800.0491.71
Alpha3310.082450.0633.20
Firstserver, Inc3260.083180.081.07
OCC3230.083330.08-4.37
suresupport.com2770.072750.07-0.69
Trusted Secure Certificate Authority2750.072540.066.74
Positive Software Corporation2590.062790.07-8.47
StartCom Ltd.2570.062520.060.55
TDC2380.062360.06-0.57
NetLock Halozatbiztonsagi Kft.2290.062190.053.10
BlueHost.Com2170.052180.05-1.86
Digi-Sign Limited1920.051900.05-0.37
TBS INTERNET1820.041780.040.81
Sonera1820.041670.047.45
RegisterFly.com, inc.1800.041920.05-7.57
thawte, Inc.1610.041440.0410.23
RM1590.041630.04-3.83
WTF ALFA1550.041460.044.67
Apache HTTP Server1530.041610.04-6.31
Cybertrust Inc1490.041310.0312.14
Positive Software1450.041370.034.35
FNMT1350.031290.033.18
50 below1310.031310.03-1.41
Servision Inc.1290.03630.02101.88
ICP-Brasil1270.031250.030.17
CNRS1250.031230.030.20
Default Web Site1220.031190.031.08
WebSpace-Forum, Thomas Wendt1160.031100.033.97
ICS_TREE1070.031040.031.44
TAIWAN-CA.COM Inc.1020.021020.02-1.41
Digital Signature Trust Co.1010.02980.021.61
Unicert Brasil Certificadora1000.02980.020.61
MULTICERT-CA980.02960.020.65
A-Trust Ges. f. Sicherheitssysteme im elektr. Datenverkehr GmbH910.02920.02-2.48
BLUEHOST.COM - Only $6.95/mo890.02840.024.46
New Dream Network, LLC.880.02870.02-0.27
Sun Microsystems Inc870.02870.02-1.41
My Company Ltd860.02850.02-0.25
Betrusted Japan Co.,Ltd.850.021140.03-26.49
GlobalSign Inc840.02950.02-12.82
CsideNet Co.,Ltd.840.02790.024.83
OptimumSSL CA810.02780.022.39
InterWorx770.02770.02-1.41
ChainedSSL770.02870.02-12.74
SECOM Trust Systems CO.,LTD.760.0200.00N/A
Comodo Japan Inc.760.02820.02-8.62
SonicWALL, Inc.730.02680.025.84
Plesk, Inc.720.02800.02-11.27
Apache Friends690.02600.0113.38
GeoTrust Inc680.02560.0119.72
WebMoney Transfer660.02640.021.67
Ipswitch,Inc.610.01640.02-6.03
"PositiveSoftwareCorporation"610.01590.011.94
University of Washington600.01590.010.26
IceWarp Software600.01650.02-8.99
Etisalat600.01590.010.26
XYZ Corporation590.01580.010.29
University of Maryland580.01580.01-1.41
AS Sertifitseerimiskeskus580.01580.01-1.41
National Institute of Informatics570.01520.018.07
HOSTMONSTER.COM - Only $6.95/mo570.0100.00N/A
ServerAdmin 24560.0100.00N/A
SiteGround LLC540.01540.01-1.41

Note: Readers are cautioned that the Growth percentages are based on a CA's market share penetration rather than the absolute number of certificates we detected. Thus, it is possible for the number of certificates to increase, while the growth is actually a negative value.



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