Introducing Domain Name Validation Method 13
In 2018, the CA/Browser Forum held a domain validation summit to the review the approved domain validation methods. The meeting covered benefits and issues with each validation method. The outcome of the ...
Removal of Underscores from Domain Names
In November 2018, the CA Browser Forum voted to sunset the use of underscore characters in the domain names of SSL/TLS certificates. Ballot SC 12 called for a rather short timeline in ...
2019 – Looking Back, Moving Forward
2018 was an active year for SSL/TLS. We saw the SSL/TLS certificate validity period drop to 825-days and the mass deployment of Certificate Transparency (CT). TLS 1.3 protocol was finally completed and ...
No One Puts PKI in the Corner
Back in the late '90s at the height of the Dot.com boom, I worked at a new company that would today be classified as Information Security. People were less worried about security ...
What Does Your CAA Say?
Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) is a method for a domain owner to permit one or more certification authorities (CAs) to issue SSL/TLS certificates using their domain name. The permission is provided through ...
Entrust Datacard Selected as SC Media 2019 Excellence Award Finalist
We're pleased to announce that our SSL team has been recognized as an Excellence Award finalist in the Best Customer Service category for the 2019 SC Awards. Finalists are recognized for outstanding ...
IT Administrators: Give the Gift of Secure, Easy Access
The holidays are just around the corner and what better “stocking stuffer” for your employees than the gift of being able to use their mobile device to securely access all of the ...
Entrust Datacard Launches new Managed Services for PKI
You don’t need a reminder about the cybersecurity skills shortage – in summary, it’s big and getting bigger. It’s causing companies to look at alternatives to keeping all expertise in-house and is ...
Strong Customer Authentication for PSD2: A Fairytale or Reality?
It's an age-old fairytale – Goldilocks, a story of a little girl who wanders into the home of three bears, finds three bowls of porridge and tastes all three. One's too hot ...
SSL Review: October 2018
Entrust Datacard’s monthly SSL review covers SSL/TLS discussions — recaps news, trends and opinions from the industry. Entrust Datacard... New Industry Guidelines for Domain Verification Promote a Safer InternetBrowsers deprecation TLS 1.0 ...
