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(SMEs).  
(TLS). A cryptographic protocol that provides secure communications on the Internet for such things as web browsing, e-mail, Internet faxing, instant messaging and other data transfers. There are slight differences between its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and TLS, but the protocol remains substantially the same.  


Companies whose headcount or turnover falls below certain limits.
The TLS protocol allows applications to communicate across a network in a way designed to prevent eavesdropping, tampering, and message forgery. TLS provides endpoint authentication and communications privacy over the Internet using cryptography.


For example, the European Union takes SMEs as having fewer than 250 employees and either turnover not exceeding €50m or (annual) balance sheet not exceeding €43m. Even within the EU, Member States may use different levels for domestic purposes.
== See also ==
 
* [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol, Secure]]
 
* [[Secure Sockets Layer]]
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The term uses 'enterprises' and not 'companies'. Of course, it might have used 'firms' or 'businesses' and so on rather than 'enterprises'. The reason is that the overwhelming majority of enterprises are not companies but are unincorporated small businesses.


== See also ==
* [[Challenger bank]]
* [[Company]]
* [[Micro-multinational]]
* [[Mid-sized companies]]
* [[Retail]]

Revision as of 14:20, 23 October 2012

(TLS). A cryptographic protocol that provides secure communications on the Internet for such things as web browsing, e-mail, Internet faxing, instant messaging and other data transfers. There are slight differences between its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and TLS, but the protocol remains substantially the same.

The TLS protocol allows applications to communicate across a network in a way designed to prevent eavesdropping, tampering, and message forgery. TLS provides endpoint authentication and communications privacy over the Internet using cryptography.

See also


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