Certification Services in Germany (DE)

This analysis relates to those sites found in the survey where the certificate authority certified the organisation (so more than ownership of the domain was checked) (plus the certificate is valid and the common name certificate matched the hostname).

Market Share of Organisation Certificates in Germany (DE)

The following graph shows the share of sites currently certified by each certificate authority. Brands belonging to the major companies have been grouped together.

The worldwide version of this data is available on a separate page.

Organisation Certificates in Germany (DE) — current market share

Organisation Certificates in Germany (DE) — current market share

The following table and graph show the change over time of the number of sites certified by the main CA companies. The different brands of the major players are grouped together (so RSA Data Security & Thawte are included in Verisign; Equifax and UserTrust are included in GeoTrust).

Organisation Certificates in Germany (DE) — share over time

Organisation Certificates in Germany (DE) — share over time

Authority Current
%		 2005 2006 2007 2008
Jan Jan Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan
VeriSign 60.62 7288 8402 12103 12187 12324 12426 12584 12850 12954 12945 13048 13180 13217 13291 13368
Comodo 25.45 2069 2921 3488 3519 3564 3670 3785 3873 4878 4940 5104 5255 5412 5523 5613
Other 13.55 3235 3953 1763 1844 1894 1960 2071 2202 2317 2399 2501 2590 2674 2787 2989
Entrust.net 0.15 13 22 31 31 32 37 36 38 37 39 37 40 39 32 33
AmbironTrustWave 0.11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 27 24 25 25 25 24
Network Solutions 0.11 0 6 11 12 13 13 13 14 15 16 21 21 23 24 25

The following graph and table show the complete results by certificate authority. These results are broken out into the individual companies and brands, as given by the organisation field on the certificate.

Organisation Certificates in Germany (DE) — brands over time

Organisation Certificates in Germany (DE) — brands over time

Authority Current
%		 2005 2006 2007 2008
Jan Jan Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan
Thawte Consulting cc 25.34 4795 4931 4965 5000 5062 5097 5200 5287 5351 5346 5395 5463 5487 5540 5587
UTN-USERFirst-Hardware 21.93 0 0 1526 1759 1998 2255 2549 2721 3618 3782 4006 4256 4509 4691 4837
VeriSign Trust Network 14.20 1692 2359 2948 2968 3018 3033 3053 3112 3125 3116 3142 3163 3160 3150 3132
TC TrustCenter for Security in Data Networks GmbH 13.43 1994 2458 2763 2767 2776 2813 2843 2904 2914 2901 2914 2938 2932 2952 2962
T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH 7.51 0 0 1212 1399 1507 1515 1533 1568 1593 1603 1631 1632 1638 1661 1657
VeriSign, Inc. 3.31 0 55 166 185 201 238 282 346 386 439 478 534 604 664 729
Comodo Limited 2.24 2064 2684 1373 1270 1156 1064 961 882 942 843 768 662 575 523 495
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd. 2.09 263 537 507 503 501 502 498 493 489 475 478 475 471 457 461
RSA Data Security, Inc. 1.50 538 520 574 588 582 558 531 512 498 475 459 428 383 357 330
WebSpace-Forum, Thomas Wendt 1.12 0 0 48 61 79 98 127 148 173 180 207 227 236 244 247
AddTrust AB 0.95 0 222 587 488 407 348 269 261 302 298 302 295 275 244 210
GlobalSign nv-sa 0.80 78 109 130 125 130 138 143 149 151 152 163 170 170 178 177
Equifax 0.73 121 146 170 166 173 174 167 186 181 183 173 172 173 164 161
Universitaet Karlsruhe 0.63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 10 140
DigiCert Inc 0.57 5 15 62 62 63 67 66 73 98 99 101 109 116 115 125
IPS Certification Authority s.l. 0.26 18 21 30 31 31 31 45 54 54 53 56 58 59 63 57
Comodo CA Limited 0.25 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 11 12 20 29 40 51 55
Deutsche Post World Net 0.18 0 0 0 0 3 7 10 14 17 21 24 27 28 37 39
CAcert Inc. 0.15 0 0 17 19 20 22 26 30 32 36 34 34 34 34 33
Entrust.net 0.15 13 22 31 31 32 37 36 38 37 39 37 40 39 32 33
Cybertrust Inc 0.14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 13 13 14 17 28 30 31
Network Solutions L.L.C. 0.11 0 6 11 12 13 13 13 14 15 16 21 21 23 24 25
Akamai Technologies Inc 0.10 0 0 3 3 3 3 5 7 8 9 9 10 10 17 22
Universitaet Muenster 0.09 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 5 18 18 19 18 18 19
Universitaet zu Koeln 0.09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 14 16 19 19 19 19
DFN-Verein 0.08 0 0 0 1 4 6 8 9 12 13 13 16 18 18 17
StartCom Ltd. 0.07 0 14 1 1 1 1 2 3 5 5 5 6 6 7 15
Uni-Konstanz 0.07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 6 7 10 12 15 15
Technische Universitaet Chemnitz 0.07 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 9 9 9 9 9 14 14 16
Technische Universitaet Darmstadt 0.06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 8 13
Universitaet Passau 0.06 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 9 11 12 12 12 13 13 13
Universitaet Wuerzburg 0.06 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 7 8 8 8 8 11 13
Universitaet Giessen 0.06 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 13 13 12 13 12 13
Regionales Hochschulrechenzentrum Kaiserslautern 0.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 10 10 10 11 11
Fachhochschule fuer Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin 0.05 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 8 8 10 10 10 10 11 11
Technische Universitaet Dresden 0.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 6 10
Gesellschaft fuer wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung 0.05 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 8 9 12
SecureTrust Corporation 0.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 8 8 11 12 12 12
RWTH Aachen 0.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 7 9 10 12
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen 0.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 9 11
UTN - DATACorp SGC 0.05 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 7 7 8 10
XRamp Security Services Inc 0.05 14 18 22 22 23 23 23 23 20 19 16 14 13 13 12
Technische Universitaet Berlin 0.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 11
Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen 0.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 7 8
Hochschule Karlsruhe - Technik und Wirtschaft 0.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 8
Nestle 0.04 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 8
Universitaet Stuttgart 0.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 5 6 6 6 8
Hochschule Esslingen 0.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
Universitaet Marburg 0.03 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 7
Leibniz Universitaet Hannover 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 3 4 4 5 5 6
Universitaet Tuebingen 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 4 6
Universitaet Jena 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 6 7 7
Universitaet Kiel 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6
Universitaet Freiburg 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 6 7
Fachhochschule Landshut 0.03 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
DFN-CERT Services GmbH 0.03 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 5 7 7 9 9 7 7 7
Universitaet Leipzig 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 4 3 5 5 6 6
Technische Universitaet Muenchen 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 5 5 5 6 6 7
Fachhochschule Giessen-Friedberg 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6
Equifax Secure Inc. 0.03 0 0 10 10 11 11 10 10 10 10 9 7 7 7 6
Accenture 0.02 1 6 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 6 6 5 5
Hochschule Anhalt (FH) 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 4
Technische Universitaet Braunschweig 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 3 4 5
Fachhochschule Hannover 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4
Trusted Secure Certificate Authority 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 4
Technische Universitaet Clausthal 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4
Fachhochschule Dortmund 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 4 4 4 4
Universitaet Siegen 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
GlobalSign 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 6 5
Universitaet Dortmund 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4
Technische Universitaet Bergakademie Freiberg 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2
GlobalSign Inc 0.01 0 1 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 2 2 2
Vodafone Group 0.01 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2
Hochschule fuer Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Universitaet Mannheim 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH 0.01 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
Universitaet Greifswald 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
A-Trust Ges. f. Sicherheitssysteme im elektr. Datenverkehr GmbH 0.01 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3
Leibniz-Rechenzentrum 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Fachhochschule Jena 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3
Hochschule fuer Technik Stuttgart 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Hochschule fuer Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg 0.01 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2
Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Hochschule fuer angewandte Wissenschaften Fachhochschule Hof 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gesellschaftsforschung 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
HS-Harz 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2
Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
Universitaet Hamburg 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2
Universitaet Osnabrueck 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2
Universitaet Erfurt 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
Otto-Friedrich-Universitaet Bamberg 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Helmholtz-Zentrum fuer Infektionsforschung GmbH 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Stiftung Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Jabber Software Foundation 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Universitaet Potsdam 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Wuerttemberg 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
T-Systems SfR 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Deutscher Wetterdienst 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Universitaet Bremen 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
AddTrust Sweden AB 0.00 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Freie Universitaet Berlin 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
Starfield Technologies, Inc. 0.00 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Deutsche Telekom AG 0.00 964 1166 213 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bundesinstitut fuer Risikobewertung 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
unknown 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fuer Sozialforschung gGmbH 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hochschulbibliothekszentrum NRW 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hochschule fuer angewandte Wissenschaften Fachhochschule Coburg 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Fachhochschule Ingolstadt 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Universitaet zu Luebeck 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fachhochschule Stralsund 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Hochschule Darmstadt 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
United SSL Deutschland GmbH 0.00 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cable & Wireless plc 0.00 0 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0
Sun Microsystems Inc 0.00 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fachhochschule Frankfurt am Main 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Akamai 0.00 0 6 4 4 4 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Digi-Sign Limited 0.00 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hochschule Niederrhein 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GoDaddy.com, Inc. 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Postecom S.p.A. 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Microsoft Secure Server Authority 0.00 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
TC TrustCenter GmbH 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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