SSL should be used by any organization wishing to:

• Secure online credit card transactions
• Secure online system logins, web forms, web mail, control panels or protected areas of web sites
• Secure the transfer of files over https and FTP services such as web site owners updating new pages to their web sites
• Secure the connection between an email client such as Microsoft Outlook and an email server such as Microsoft Exchange
• Secure intranet based traffic such as intranets, extranets and database connections