The Netcraft Secure Server Survey examines the use of encrypted transactions on the Web through extensive automated exploration of the Internet. Each month it provides timely answers to questions such as:

• How many companies are doing encrypted transactions over the Internet?
• Where are they?
• Whose server software do they use?
• Which authority do they obtain their certificates from?
• How many are using Extended Validation?
• Who hosts their server?
• What is the growth rate of SSL sites on the internet?

Who should buy it?

• Certificate authorities
• Server and hardware accelerator vendors
• Web hosting companies
• Banks, financial institutions
• Software vendors developing for the electronic commerce market
• Brokerage, Venture Capital & Fund Management firms investing in these companies
• Legislators, Government officials, the Military, and Privacy groups
• Anyone tracking the growth of ecommerce and encrypted communications on the Internet

What do I get?

Access to a monthly updated analysis and dataset on our subscription access site. There is a sample pageset produced using the June 2006 data.

The analysis includes:

• Noteworthy highlights and related news
• SSL server market share: by server, by vendor & by operating system.
• Certificate Authority market share
• Top hosters of SSL sites
• Geographical analysis: per-country certificate authority, hoster, server and operating system share
• Detailed timeline trends including historical data for the past 3 years

What does it cost?

An annual subscription for an individual is £1200. At current exchange rates ($1.9 to the pound) this is around $2300. Company licences are also available.