Collaborate Disseminate
That’s it – I’m calling it – extended validation certificates are dead. Sure, you can still buy them (and there are companies out there that would just love to sell them to you!), but their usefulness has now descended from “barely there” to “as good as non-existent&…
Transport Layer Security (TLS) version 1.3 provides significant business benefits by making applications more secure, improving performance and reducing latency for the client. Changes in how handshake between client and server is designed has decreas… Continue reading Adopt TLS 1.3 – Kill Two Birds with One Stone
Google released Chrome version 68 in late July 2018, marking the start of a new era for secure web browsing. From version 68 onwards, all websites using HTTP will be marked as Not Secure on Chrome browsers. Starting with Chrome 69, we will no longer se… Continue reading Final Nail in the Coffin of HTTP: Chrome 68 and SSL/TLS Implementation
So that little project Scott Helme and I took on – WhyNoHTTPS.com – seems to have garnered quite a bit of attention. We had about 81k visitors drop by on the first day and for the most part, the feedback has been overwhelming positive. Most people have said it’s…
Continue reading Why No HTTPS? Questions Answered, New Data, Path Forward
As of today, Google begins shipping Chrome 68 which flags all sites served over the HTTP scheme as being “not secure”. This is because the connection is, well, not secure so it seems like a fairly reasonable thing to say! We’ve known this has been coming for a…
It was Jan last year that I suggested HTTPS adoption had passed the “tipping point”, that is it had passed the moment of critical mass and as I said at the time, “will very shortly become the norm”. Since that time, the percentage of web pages…
HTTPS is easy! In fact, it’s so easy I decided to create 4 short videos around 5 minutes each to show people how to enable HTTPS on their site and get all traffic redirecting securely, optimise their HTTPS configuration to get it rating higher than most banks, fix any insecure…
Mozilla is testing a new tool that securely checks to see if users’ accounts have been hacked. Continue reading Mozilla Announces Firefox Monitor Tool Testing, Firefox 61
Mozilla is testing a new tool that securely checks to see if users’ accounts have been hacked. Continue reading Mozilla Announces Firefox Monitor Tool Testing, Firefox 61
WHAT DO BANKS AND CYBERSECURITY HAVE IN COMMON? EVERYTHING The world we live in can be a dangerous place, both physically and digitally. Our growing reliance on the Internet, technology and digitalization only makes our dependence on technology more p… Continue reading The Executive Guide to Demystify Cybersecurity