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title: SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Certificate Protection
description: Learn more about SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Certificate Protection in this guide.
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# SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Certificate Protection

An SSL certificate is a web browser distinction with two components:

1. It shows that a trusted certificate authority has taken steps to verify the authenticity of your website.
2. It encrypts visible data that a user enters in your website for safe transmission from the browser to the website's host server.

The first component means that an SSL-secured site isn't impersonating a trusted website to "phish" sensitive data, and the second component means that if a hacker intercepts the data as it transmits from the web browser to the website's host server, they won't be able to read and use it.

**How can you see this is active on your site?**

If you look at the address bar at the top of your browser of choice, there will be a lock displayed to the left of the domain. When you click in to the address bar `https://` will show at the beginning of the domain.

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