Inheriting PSD2: The constant struggle of “Are you Ready”?
Being married for almost ten years now, I was lucky enough to inherit my husband’s family as my own. I became the daughter they never had, the grandchild incubator and the always anticipated, weekly FaceTime call as my husband hates talking on the phone. I also am the person that ... Read More
Major Browsers Coordinated on Deprecating TLS 1.0 and 1.1
In an unprecedented move for the SSL/TLS ecosystem, the four major browsers have uniformly announced that they will deprecate TLS 1.0 and 1.1 starting in 2020. The following browser vendors issued statements providing their deprecation plans: Apple: Currently supports TLS 1.2 on 99.6-percent of connections made by Safari. Apple will ... Read More
Derived PIV credentials solving authentication challenges for highly regulated industries
Highly regulated industries including US Federal, mandate strong authentication tied to the user's smart/PIV card for all their corporate resource access. Considering the physical validation associated with issuing a smart/PIV card, it is considered as a safe and trusted source of identity for resource access. While this does not pose ... Read More
503 Million Stolen by Criminals Through Authorized and Unauthorized Fraud
UK Finance recently reported a total of £503 million was stolen by criminals through authorised and unauthorised fraud in only the first six months of 2018 – and that doesn’t even account for the £705 million of fraud that was prevented during this same time-frame. With this newly-collected data, purchase ... Read More
Mobile ID Verification in a Trusted Identity Assurance Platform
53% of companies use four or more types of authentication to identify internal users? A recent Forrester report — that surveyed over 100 IT decision makers for authentication — found that organizations with frustrating security controls had increased support costs and the speed of their business was slowed. As authentication ... Read More
New Industry Guidelines for Domain Verification Promote a Safer Internet
Over the last couple of years, the CA Browser forum has been working to fine tune requirements for Certificate Subscribers and Certification Authorities to ensure that the SSL/TLS certificate validation process is as secure as possible. While we view these updates as a good thing for the security of the ... Read More
Itecsa and Entrust Datacard collaborate in the official launch of the of the Automatic Card Printer Machine
Participating in the 4th Latin American Congress of Technology and Business "América Digital," hosted in Santiago de Chile, Itecsa, a TotalPack company, launched the innovative self-service solution A.C.P.M. (Automatic Card Printer Machine), developed entirely in Chile with Entrust Datacard technology. A.C.P.M. has the most stringent global security standards (PCI), access ... Read More
Entrust Datacard Global Partner Conference 2018: The Winners Are…
This summer, Entrust Datacard hosted the first-ever Global Partner Conference in London to honor our FY18 Partners of the Year, who are trained and authorized to sell and support Entrust Datacard solutions across the world. With more than 200 owners, principals and top sales leaders from our global partner organizations ... Read More
Domain Validation – Where are We Now?
Public trust SSL/TLS certificates assert an association between a domain name and a public key. The domain name may be a DNS name or an IP address. In this blog we will discuss how DNS names or domain names are validated for trust. The CA/Browser Forum Baseline Requirements (BR) specify ... Read More
Custom Card Printing Links Customization to Brand Loyalty
Consumer marketing is evolving. People — especially the millennial demographic — tend to distrust large, impersonal businesses and brands. More and more consumers are making it clear they want to be viewed and treated as partners, not purchasers. There is much evidence of this trend. Nike fans have flocked to ... Read More
