Certificate-related outages impact the reputation of financial services organizations

Financial services organizations are more likely to have digital certificate-related outages than other industries, a Venafi study reveals. Over 100 CIOs in the financial services industry from the U.S., U.K., France, Germany and Australia participated… Continue reading Certificate-related outages impact the reputation of financial services organizations

Code signing keys and certificates are crucial security assets, are you protecting them?

Only 28 percent of organizations consistently enforce a defined security process for code signing certificates, a Venafi study of over 320 security professionals in the U.S., Canada and Europe reveals. “When the code signing keys and certificates that … Continue reading Code signing keys and certificates are crucial security assets, are you protecting them?

Venafi and GlobalSign partnership and integration to address DevOps certificate challenges

Venafi, the leading provider of machine identity protection, and GMO GlobalSign, a global Certificate Authority and leading provider of identity and security solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), announced an expanded technology partnership and i… Continue reading Venafi and GlobalSign partnership and integration to address DevOps certificate challenges

Backdoors inevitably create vulnerabilities that can be exploited by malicious actors

73 percent of IT security professionals believe countries with government-mandated encryption backdoors are more susceptible to nation-state attacks. The Venafi survey on government-mandated encryption backdoors evaluated the opinions of 517 IT securit… Continue reading Backdoors inevitably create vulnerabilities that can be exploited by malicious actors

CIOs admit certificate-related outages routinely impact critical business applications and services

Certificate-related outages harm the reliability and availability of vital network systems and services while also being extremely difficult to diagnose and remediate. Unfortunately, the vast majority of businesses routinely suffer from these events. I… Continue reading CIOs admit certificate-related outages routinely impact critical business applications and services

RSAC 2019 Interviews Enterprise Security Weekly #129

Paul Asadoorian and Matt Alderman recorded interviews with the following vendors at RSA Conference 2019: – Venafi – XM Cyber – Onapsis Full Show NotesVisit http://securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Hosts
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Sale of SSL/TLS certificates on the dark web is rampant

There is no dearth of compromised, fake and forged SSL/TLS certificates for sale on dark web markets, researchers have found. TLS certificates are sold individually and packaged with a wide range of crimeware. Together these services deliver machine-id… Continue reading Sale of SSL/TLS certificates on the dark web is rampant

Venafi and nCipher Security collaborate to protect machine identity

Venafi, the leading provider of machine identity protection, and nCipher Security, the provider of trust, integrity and control for critical business information and applications, announced a new technology partnership and integration. The integrated s… Continue reading Venafi and nCipher Security collaborate to protect machine identity