Featured Contributor
Jason Soroko
Fellow at Sectigo
Jason has 20 years of experience researching, innovating, educating markets, developing intellectual property, and contributing to national-level guidance and consortium standards. He works closely with enterprise companies daily to synthesize managed PKI security solutions that meet real-world operational needs.
Jason Soroko is a seasoned security technology innovator and Senior Fellow at Sectigo, where he leads customer-facing engagements, drives research, and spearheads strategic initiatives at both organizational and national levels. He also contributes to the development of intellectual property and consortium standards. As co-host of the award-winning “Root Causes” podcast, Jason educates professionals on the latest trends in PKI and cybersecurity twice a week. His core strength is bridging cutting-edge security methods with real-world operational needs, ensuring that businesses are equipped with practical, forward-thinking solutions.
Recent Posts from Jason Soroko
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EPISODE 473
Broadcast Date:
March 28, 202510 minutes
Podcasts UpcomingRoot Causes 473: Does Security Software Lack Creativity?
Jason reports on a 2024 Black Hat keynote about how modern software development practices inhibit innovation and invention.
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EPISODE 475
Broadcast Date:
March 6, 202518 minutes
Podcasts Mar 06, 2025Root Causes 475: Can Your AI Scheme Against You?
It's the stuff of science fiction! Interesting research shows how today's AI technology is capable of lying to and scheming against its human owners in service of its goals.
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EPISODE 474
Broadcast Date:
March 3, 202520 minutes
Podcasts Mar 03, 2025Root Causes 474: Explaining Shor's Algorithm
We talk a lot about Shor's Algorithm in our discussion of post quantum cryptography (PQC). In this episode Jason explains Shor's algorithm for non-quantum physicists.
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EPISODE 472
Broadcast Date:
February 26, 202511 minutes
Podcasts Feb 26, 2025Root Causes 472: AI Offensive Modeling
AI tools are now available to perform red-teaming activity for DevSecOps. Such tools are soon to be table stakes in the constantly escalating IT security arms race. Join us to learn more.
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Webinars Feb 25, 2025Learn, test and implement: your path to quantum readiness
Experts predict that by 2030, a sufficiently advanced quantum computer could decrypt sensitive data and communications - considered safely encrypted.
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EPISODE 471
Broadcast Date:
February 24, 202521 minutes
Podcasts Feb 24, 2025Root Causes 471: ACME for PQC
In this episode, guest Alexandre Giron explains what is needed to support pos quantum cryptography (PQC) with ACME.
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EPISODE 470
Broadcast Date:
February 19, 202512 minutes
Podcasts Feb 19, 2025Root Causes 470: The MFA False Equivalency Fallacy
Not all forms of MFA are equally secure. In this episode, we describe the differences between the more secure and less secure forms of MFA.
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EPISODE 469
Broadcast Date:
February 17, 20257 minutes
Podcasts Feb 17, 2025Root Causes 469: The All or Nothing Fallacy in Cybersecurity
In this episode we explain the all-or-nothing fallacy in cybersecurity and how it's affecting debate in the WebPKI right now.
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EPISODE 468
Broadcast Date:
February 14, 202510 minutes
Podcasts Feb 14, 2025Root Causes 468: UK Demands New Backdoor from Apple
A new demand from the UK seeks complete access to all Apple cloud data housed in the UK, regardless of the data owners' citizenship and residency. We unpack this latest development in Government versus Encryption.