Krupa Patil

Blogs Archive - AppViewX

Imagine booking a flight online. You check airline schedules, compare ticket prices, reserve seats, and make payments—all on a single website. This seamless experience is made possible by the power of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) that enable different applications, like the airline’s booking system, payment gateways, and our email provider, ... Read More

When implementing a certificate lifecycle management (CLM) solution in an organization, the choice between agent-based and agentless architectures is an important decision that can significantly impact the deployment, operations, and scalability of the solution. If you’re unsure which approach aligns with your organization’s needs, this guide breaks down the key ... Read More

The holiday season is in full swing, and for retailers and e-commerce businesses, it is one of the busiest times of the year. As festive shopping picks up and customers flock online to snag the best deals, online traffic surges to record-breaking levels. Online retail spending is expected to hit ... Read More

Apple’s recent proposal to slash public TLS certificate lifespans from 398 days to 45 days had sparked intense discussions in the PKI community. Introduced in a recent CA/Browser (CA/B) Forum meeting, the draft ballot presented by Apple proposed a gradual reduction of the maximum validity for public SSL/TLS certificates from ... Read More

NIST sets key deadlines for retiring legacy encryption algorithms, with widely-used methods like RSA, ECDSA, EdDSA, DH, and ECDH set for deprecation by 2030 and full phase-out by 2035. Last week, NIST released an Initial Public Draft (IPD) report outlining its recommended roadmap for transitioning from traditional public-key cryptographic algorithms ... Read More

As the year winds down, it’s the perfect time to pause for retrospection. 2024 has been both exciting and challenging for the PKI and CLM space, pushing the industry to rethink strategies and adapt. From the explosive growth of non-human and machine identities to the proposed move toward shorter-lived certificates ... Read More

Private PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) is critical for trusted authentication and secure communication among internal applications, devices, workloads, machines, and services. While most organizations understand its importance, managing it effectively is still a struggle for many. Traditionally, organizations manage private PKI on-premises for greater control, security, and customization. However, as ... Read More

We’re just weeks away from November 12, 2024—the date when Google Chrome will begin distrusting newly issued certificates from Entrust Roots. Shortly after, Mozilla will implement its distrust in Entrust Roots by the end of November. If your organization hasn’t yet switched to a reliable public Certificate Authorities (CA), it’s ... Read More

At the last CA/Browser (CA/B) Forum meeting, Apple dropped a big announcement, causing quite a stir in the PKI industry. Apple introduced a draft ballot, proposing a gradual reduction of the maximum validity for public SSL/TLS certificates from 398 days to just 45 days by 2027. The proposal also includes ... Read More

If there’s one thing Microsoft, Spotify, Google Voice, and the Bank of England have in common, what would it be? All of them have recently been rocked by a major outage caused by an expired TLS certificate that significantly disrupted their operations and essential public services. The ripple effect of ... Read More