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4 unusual facts about Comodo Group


Comodo

Comodo Group, a software company specialising in computer security.

Comodo Group

The company was founded in 1998 in the United Kingdom, by Comodo CEO, Melih Abdulhayoğlu, a technologist and an entrepreneur.

is a privately held group of companies providing computer software and SSL digital certificates, based in Clifton, New Jersey, United States.

In response to Symantec's comment over the effectiveness of free Antivirus software, on September 18, 2010, the CEO of Comodo Group Melih Abdulhayoğlu challenged Symantec to see which products can defend the consumer better against malware.


Certificate authority

Comodo Group CEO Melih Abdulhayoğlu organized the first meeting and is considered the founder of the CA/Browser Forum.

Code signing

Many operating systems and frameworks contain built-in trust for one or more existing CAs (such as VeriSign/Symantec, DigiCert, TC TrustCenter, Comodo, GoDaddy, GlobalSign and StartCom).

Melih Abdulhayoğlu

Melih Abdulhayoğlu (born March 10, 1968) is a Turkish American entrepreneur and CEO of Comodo Group, an Internet security company he founded in the United Kingdom in 1998 and relocated to the US in 2004.


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