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Firms risk outages as SSL changes near & automation lags behind

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Nearly 60% of enterprises use three or more SSL providers, risking outages as mandatory shorter certificate renewals from 2026 demand better automation.
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Exclusive: How DigiCert is preparing for a post-quantum world

Fri, 22nd Dec 2023
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DigiCert's Armando Dacal discusses pioneering digital trust in a changing cyber landscape, highlighting the importance of partnerships and agility in cybersecurity.
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Kiwis being taken for a ride with certification due to SEO fears

Tue, 27th Nov 2018
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A digital marketing agency has noticed that many New Zealand SMEs are paying far too much for SSL certification.
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Chrome is marking all HTTP sites as 'not secure': What you need to know

Fri, 3rd Aug 2018
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The latest version of Google Chrome may bring penalties for businesses that don’t have current SSL certificates.
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Google gears up to mark all HTTP pages as 'not secure'

Tue, 22nd May 2018
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Google will start marking all HTTP pages as 'not secure' from September 2018, pushing for a default secure web by omitting 'secure' indicators on HTTPS pages.
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Blunder by Trustico revokes 23,000 website certificates

Sat, 3rd Mar 2018
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23,000 customers of Trustico recently received an email informing them their website security certificates will be rendered useless within 24 hours.
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INTERVIEW: What Google’s decision to distrust Symantec certificates means

Wed, 21st Feb 2018
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Last year Chrome announced a formal plan to remove trust from Symantec-issued certificates - Venafi's Walter Goulet discusses the implications.
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Criminals exploit SSL encryption & free certificates in malware attacks

Mon, 12th Feb 2018
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Firms may not inspect SSL traffic because they assume it comes from trusted sources. That has now changed and SSL is now a ‘significant’ blind spot'.
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Malicious Reddit clone fooling users into giving away logins

Thu, 8th Feb 2018
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A simple typo is taking users to a seemingly secure Reddit clone that is actually stealing their login details - we have commentary from two experts.