Add a digital signature to all documents and e-mail correspondence

Digital signatures provide the basic level of security to verify that the documents being sent did in fact originate from your business, whether they be email accounts or agency-wide documents posted for review. Digital signatures add the advantage of keeping costs down for smaller businesses that don't conduct extensive online transactions.

I recommend: Adobe’s Acrobat Professional software allows you to create your signature and add it to your document. Small business owners can add a personal digital ID to their email with Comodo secure email certificates. VeriSign code signing ID’s offer developers options for building signatures into code that is distributed online.

Certify your server with a secure socket layer digital certificate

Secure socket layer certificates, or SSL certificates for short, encrypt the connection between your server and your customers' browsers. This can be especially important if your business conducts e-commerce.

I recommend: VeriSign and subsidiaries, including GeoTrust, share more than half the digital security certificate market. VeriSign’s trial certificates offer the basic security features that you can upgrade with options from basic SSL to VeriSign's Secure Site Pro with Extended Validation. GeoTrust’s quick SSL certificates can be authorized almost immediately. Comodo trial certificates allow you to evaluate a digital certificate for 90 days. It also offers extended validation certificates with multi-year terms. GoDaddy specializes in more affordable certificates for businesses with tight security budgets.

Protect your entire site or domain with a digital ID system

A wildcard SSL digital security certificate covers multiple servers, which can save you time and overhead that would otherwise be tied up managing several certificates with different expiration dates.

I recommend: GeoTrust’s Power Server ID Wildcard certificates are compatible with almost every browser as well as mobile computers and phones. Comodo Wildcard certificates use Server Gated Cryptography (SGC) to upgrade older browsers’ encryption capabilities. DigiCert Wildcard Plus SSL certificates support mobile browsers by supporting Subject Alternate Names, which require SSL digital security certificates to seek additional domain names from the alternate names list. Entrust's unified communications certificates cover multiple protocols and multiple domains.