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Blog Post Mar 12, 2019
New Research Regarding Online Criminal Marketplaces for Certificates
A recent study by Georgia State University suggests that criminal online marketplaces feature a steady supply of TLS / SSL certificates from all major public CAs. Sectigo is eager to work with researchers like these and others to help reveal criminal activity and create strategies to mitigate its effectiveness without preventing legitimate business from benefiting from public certificates.
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Press Release Mar 12, 2019
Sectigo Announces Kyrio Strategic Alliance to Secure Device Ecosystems
Sectigo, the world’s largest commercial Certificate Authority (CA) and a leader in web security solutions, has formed a strategic alliance with Kyrio, a subsidiary of CableLabs. The alliance offers standards bodies, service providers, enterprises, industry alliances, device manufacturers, IoT integrators, and platform providers, valuable in-depth knowledge about planning and executing device security programs throughout the lifecycles of connected device networks.
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Blog Post Mar 11, 2019
Edward Giaquinto, our CIO, has been appointed Advisory Board Member at Rutgers University’s Cybersecurity Program. The Program is designed to train and develop professionals to manage cybersecurity issues within an organization, preparing them to analyze, manage and build cybersecurity competencies that can protect the organization.
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Blog Post Mar 11, 2019
S/MIME 101: Making GDPR Compliance Easy with S/MIME
Since GDPR went into effect, encrypting email containing sensitive personal data has been widely considered a best practice of businesses operations. This should come as no surprise—email in Europe carries the same vulnerabilities as email in the U.S., and unencrypted email is readable by a number of different parties, including the enterprise IT administrator, the internet service provider, and the cloud service mail provider.
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News Article Mar 11, 2019
Think the real world is a dangerous place for travelers? Try visiting the virtual one, a place filled with shady travel offers and criminals who want to steal your personal information.
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Press Release Mar 05, 2019
Sectigo Recognized for Innovation in Cyber Defense InfoSec Awards
Sectigo, the world’s largest commercial Certificate Authority and a leader in web security solutions, has been recognized in four categories of Cyber Defense Magazine’s InfoSec Awards. Winners will be recognized at the 2019 RSA Conference in San Francisco, where Sectigo is demonstrating its enterprise web security solutions at Booth #2333.
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Blog Post Mar 04, 2019
S/MIME 101: Maintaining DFARS Compliance Using S/MIME
Supplementing the original Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation to mandate encryption of all data at rest or in transit, DFARS creates a security baseline that must be met by all contractors. Since email is just as indispensable to defense contractors as it is to any other industry, this means that effective encryption tools must be set in place before doing business with the government.
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Blog Post Mar 01, 2019
Authentication Is Not for the Party Being Authenticated
Many people would be surprised to learn that the purpose of digital certificates is not to enable encryption. Our IT systems are frequently engineered not to enable encryption unless certificates are in place (most obviously when connecting to a web site using a popular desktop or mobile browser), but that decision is in recognition of the original purpose of certificates, which is to authenticate the identity of a participant in a digital transaction.
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Blog Post Feb 28, 2019
Sectigo RSA 2019 “Game of Certs” and Happy Hour
At RSA Conference 2019, the Sectigo team is not only demonstrating cutting-edge solutions for certificate management, email security, IoT security, and private CA, at Booth #2333, we also have exciting prizes, including a Croatia trip, for Game of Certs eligible attendees to enter to win. In addition, Sectigo is hosting a Happy Hour on Tuesday from 4-6 pm. Join us at the show.
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News Article Feb 28, 2019
How do you know if a company is taking security seriously? One way is to look for a little padlock icon next to the website address on any page where you can type in sensitive information, including credit card numbers. That’s missing from a lot of travel sites. At least that’s the finding of Sectigo, a Web security company.
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Press Release Feb 28, 2019
Sectigo Honored in 2019 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards
Sectigo has been recognized in two categories of the 2019 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. The company has won silver for Most Innovative Cybersecurity Company, and Sectigo’s Chief Marketing Officer Jonathan Skinner was the gold award winner for Cybersecurity Marketer of the Year.
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Press Release Feb 22, 2019
Sectigo announced that Edward Giaquinto has been named Chief Information Officer, Nick France has been appointed to Chief Technology Officer of SSL, and Robin Alden now holds the position of Chief Compliance Officer.