Three Must-Have Capabilities to Prepare for 47-Day TLS Certificates
Recently, the CA/Browser (CA/B) Forum approved Ballot SC-081v3, launching a gradual reduction of public TLS certificate lifespans—from today’s 398 days down to just 47 days by 2029. This landmark change ranks among the biggest in PKI in recent years and is already driving intense conversations about how reduced validity periods ... Read More
Building a Smarter, Safer Grid with IEEE 2030.5 and Certificate Lifecycle Management Automation
The renewable energy landscape is evolving fast—bringing smarter, more sustainable ways to generate, distribute, and use power. At the heart of this transformation is a lesser-known but vital standard: IEEE 2030.5—a foundational protocol that helps smart energy devices and the power grid communicate safely and reliably. Dive into this blog ... Read More
It’s Official: CA/B Forum Votes Yes to 47-Day TLS Certificates
Big news in the world of PKI and digital trust: the CA/B Forum has officially passed Apple’s bold proposal to slash the maximum lifespan of public TLS certificates from 398 days to just 47 days by 2029. Yes, you read that right—by 2029, certificates will expire almost eight times faster ... Read More
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre Presents Timeline and Roadmap for PQC Migration
The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has just released updated guidance on migrating to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) to help the nation prepare for developing threats posed by advances in quantum computing. Titled Timelines for Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography, this guidance is important for two key reasons: A) It ... Read More
From SSL to TLS 1.3: 30 Years of Encryption and Innovation
Thirty years ago, the Internet was a wild, lawless territory—unregulated, unpredictable, and far from secure. Trust on the web was fragile, and encryption was more of a luxury than a necessity. But in 1994, everything changed. The birth of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol laid the foundation for a ... Read More
Google Second-Gen Chromecast and Audio Devices Hit By A Major Outage—Expired Intermediate CA Certificate to Blame
Google’s second-generation Chromecast and Chromecast Audio devices have been facing a widespread outage for the past five days. An expired intermediate CA certificate is said to be the cause of the outage. Recently, users of Google’s second-gen Chromecast and Chromecast Audio ran into an unexpected problem—their devices suddenly stopped working ... Read More
NIST Releases New Report on Crypto-Agility – What You Need to Know Now
If you’re keeping up with post-quantum cryptography (PQC), here’s some big news: The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a fresh initial public draft of a Cybersecurity Whitepaper titled Considerations for Achieving Crypto-Agility. This whitepaper tackles the real-world challenges and trade-offs involved in cryptographic transitions and ... Read More
Let’s Encrypt Issued Its First Six-Day Certificate—Here’s Why Certificate Lifecycle Management Automation Matters
In late 2024, Let’s Encrypt caught many by surprise by announcing plans to introduce shorter-lived certificates, specifically, certificates with a six-day lifespan. Their 2024 Annual Report described this move a “big upgrade for the security of the TLS ecosystem.” To support this initiative, they also mentioned their plans to scale ... Read More
Hardware Cryptographic Accelerators to Enhance Security Without Slowing Down
From smartphones to smart homes and even industrial applications, embedded systems are everywhere. But as these systems become more prevalent in our daily lives, the risks of cyber threats grow just as fast. That’s why it’s essential to build security into these embedded systems by design. And just as important ... Read More
Key Post-Quantum Cryptography Insights from the Executive Order On Strengthening And Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity
Ever since the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) set 2030 as the deadline for retiring legacy encryption algorithms like RSA and ECDSA, the PKI industry is abuzz with activity. By now, it is unmistakably clear that transitioning to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) is not optional or a distant ... Read More
