How to get a green certificate bar if I'm not a company?

Question

I'm not a company and do not represent one, but I would like to have a green bar on my website for several reasons. One of them, for example, is that I want to ensure that the information displayed in the page is really from me, and any other reasons to ensure trust for anyone who's reading it. I know that these types of certificate are called Extended Validation Certificates. I googled how I could get one as a individual and I found this. It says here that I could get a OV. But it will not say if I'll get a green bar or so.

How can somebody, say, a journalist, get a green bar cerficate for its blog to ensure that its his real blog? How can a security analyst ensure that it's his website that people are visiting? How can someone ensure that a person is not visiting a URL thats similar to yours? How can I know that I'm not accessing for example googIe.com instead of google.com? (some URLs do really look alike when some letters are replaced by similar ones).

I can think of a lot of applications for this, in that they do not need to be a company but need to be trusted more than a simple automatically generated certificate.

Answer 1

Refer to the guidelines set up by the CA/Browser forum for extended validation.

8.5.1 General

The CA MAY only issue EV Certificates to Applicants that meet the Private Organization, Government Entity,Business Entity and Non-Commercial Entity requirements specified below.

8.5.2 Private Organization Subjects An Applicant qualifies as a Private Organization if:

(1) The entity’s legal existence is created or recognized by a by a filing with (or an act of) the Incorporating or Registration Agency in its Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Registration (e.g., by issuance of a certificate of incorporation, registration number, etc.) or created or recognized by a Government Agency (e.g. under a charter, treaty, convention, or equivalent recognition instrument);

(2) The entity designated with the Incorporating or Registration Agency a Registered Agent, a Registered Office (as required under the laws of the Jurisdiction ofIncorporation or Registration), or an equivalent facility;

(3) The entity is not designated on the records of the Incorporating or Registration Agency by labels such as “inactive,” “invalid,” “not current,” or the equivalent;

(4) The entity has a verifiable physical existence and business presence;

(5) The entity’s Jurisdiction of Incorporation, Registration, Charter, or License, and/or its Place of Business is not in any country where the CA is prohibited from doing business or issuing a certificate by the laws of the CA’s jurisdiction; and

(6) The entity is not listed on any government denial list or prohibited list (e.g., trade embargo) under the laws of the CA’s jurisdiction.