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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'>On April 3, 2014, the WebTrust<sup>®</sup> Task Force of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and Chartered Professional Accountants Canada (CPA Canada) released three new audit criteria documents to the CA/Browser Forum and others for review and/or implementation. These documents are part of the WebTrust Program for Certification Authorities and are based on the CA/Browser Forum Guidelines. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'>The Trust Services Principles and Criteria for Certification Authorities – Extended Validation SSL – Version 1.4.5 is based on the Forum's <i>Guidelines for the Issuance and Management of Extended Validation SSL Certificates – Version 1.4.5 </i>and is effective immediately (3 April 2014).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'>Trust Services Principles and Criteria for Certification Authorities – SSL Baseline with Network Security – Version 2.0 is based on the Forum’s Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Publicly-Trusted Certificates – Version 1.1.6 and its Network and Certificate Systems Security Requirements – Version 1.0. The exposure draft released today has a proposed effective date of 1 July 2014 (applicable to audit periods starting on or after 1 July 2014).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'>The Trust Services Principles and Criteria for Certification Authorities – Extended Validation Code Signing is based on the Forum’s Guidelines for the Issuance and Management of Extended Validation Code Signing Certificates – Version 1.1. The exposure draft released today has a proposed effective date of 1 July 2014 (applicable to audit periods starting on or after 1 July 2014).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333'>All three of these documents are available in PDF, DOC and DOCX format at <a href="https://cabforum.org/webtrust-for-cas/">https://cabforum.org/webtrust-for-cas/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>