GearHost offers 128bit high assurance web certificates to all customers.  A free shared certificate is available for most shared hosting accounts.  A custom certificate can be issued as well in about 4 hours allowing secure traffic over your own domain's certificate.  Custom certificates come in a variety of packages starting at $49.99 per year and can be ordered from within your GearPanel control panel.

What is a SSL certificate?
The SSL protocol is the web standard for encrypting communications between users and the web site with a SSL certificate that is enabled.  Data sent via an SSL connection is protected by encryption, a mechanism that prevents eavesdropping and tampering with any transmitted data.  SSL provides businesses and consumers with the confidence that private data sent to a web site, such as credit card numbers or any other sensitive data, are kept confidential.

Customers know when they have an SSL session with a website when their browser displays the little gold padlock and the address bar begins with a https rather than http.