GlobalSign code signing certificates enhance confidence & assurances for new runtime applications.

GlobalSign Inc, a WebTrust accredited public certificate authority, today announced that applications developed for Adobe AIR can be digitally signed and secured by GlobalSign Code Signing Certificates. The company states that Code Signing Certificates for Adobe AIR allow developers to deploy the virtual equivalent of a 'shrink-wrap' to their applications, resulting in tamperproof applications and greatly enhanced assurances of application authenticity.

The company claims that Adobe AIR enables developers to deliver branded, rich Internet applications (RIAs) on the desktop that provide a closer connection to your customer. Since RIAs deployed on Adobe AIR provide integration to the desktop, assurances that the application and its developer are legitimate become essential to end-users, which is where GlobalSign Code Signing Certificates play a big role.

It further articulates that developers of AIR applications are vetted by it and then issued with a Code Signing Certificate that makes the application tamperproof and also binds the developer's identity to the digitally signed AIR application. Adobe AIR only allows users to run applications that have been digitally signed, and the digital signature also allows users to identify which developer signed the application and when, providing assurances that the application is legitimate.

"All data needs to be authenticated and secured, protecting it from the common threats of tampering and fraud, and applications are no different," said Lila Kee, Director of Business Development, GlobalSign Inc. "GlobalSign has been working with Adobe since 2007 to enable organizations to deploy Certified Document Services and we are pleased to be able to now offer developers the means to sign their exciting AIR applications."

"Adobe strongly recommends that developers digitally sign their AIR applications using Code Signing Certificates from a trusted Certification Authority to provide assurances to end users that the application really is from the expected developer," said Luis Polanco, senior product manager for Adobe AIR at Adobe. "We are pleased that GlobalSign has extended its Code Signing support to include Adobe AIR."