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5 Ways to Prepare Now for Quantum Computing
Blog Post from Sectigo
Blog Post Sep 06, 2022For nearly 50 years, public key infrastructure (PKI) has provided a secure cryptographic foundation for the world’s data. But in the next few years, quantum computers are destined to render the current cryptographic algorithms that secure devices and the people who use them obsolete.
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EPISODE 239
Broadcast Date:
August 29, 202217 minutes
Podcast Aug 29, 2022Root Causes 239: Post-quantum Cryptography Candidate SIKE Defeated
NIST's round four post-quantum crypto candidate SIKE (Supersingular Isogeny Key Encapsulation) has been defeated and is now out of consideration.
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EPISODE 238
Broadcast Date:
August 15, 202217 minutes
Podcast Aug 15, 2022Root Causes 238: Tim's Big Phishing Adventure
Tim's identity as a Sectigo executive is being used in a "waterholing" phishing scam to raid job seekers' bank accounts. We describe what is going on.
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EPISODE 237
Broadcast Date:
August 10, 202212 minutes
Podcast Aug 10, 2022Root Causes 237: Why Mozilla Is So Important to CAs
Mozilla is a highly important to the world of public certificates, with influence beyond what its browser market share would suggest. We examine why.
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EPISODE 236
Broadcast Date:
August 4, 202213 minutes
Podcast Aug 04, 2022Root Causes 236: AD Patch Knocks Out Non-MS Identity Consumers
A recent Active Directory patch has forced a workaround for many software components to work with AD identities. We explain lessons for PKI owners.
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EPISODE 235
Broadcast Date:
July 27, 202226 minutes
Podcast Jul 27, 2022Root Causes 235: What Is Lattice-based Cryptography?
The new NIST PQC algorithms focus on lattice-based encryption. We explain this cryptographic approach and why it fared so well in the NIST search.
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EPISODE 234
Broadcast Date:
July 22, 202210 minutes
Podcast Jul 22, 2022Root Causes 234: Report from the 2022 RSA Conference
The RSA Security Conference is back. We talk about 2020 and how the first post-COVID RSAC compared to earlier years, plus major themes this year.
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EPISODE 233
Broadcast Date:
July 13, 202225 minutes
Podcast Jul 13, 2022Root Causes 233: CISA Recommendations for Post-Quantum Cryptography
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has listed six key actions for IT to commence for post-quantum cryptography. We put them in context.
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EPISODE 232
Broadcast Date:
July 8, 202219 minutes
Podcast Jul 08, 2022Root Causes 232: NIST Announces Its Post Quantum Crypto Selections
NIST has announced its winning algorithms for its post-quantum cryptography contest. We name describe them, why they were chosen, and next steps.
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EPISODE 231
Broadcast Date:
July 6, 202224 minutes
Podcast Jul 06, 2022Root Causes 231: What Is FIDO?
We explain device-centric authentication, the FIDO Alliance, WebAuthn, and how it all works.
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EPISODE 230
Broadcast Date:
June 30, 202216 minutes
Podcast Jun 30, 2022Root Causes 230: What Is Apple Passkey?
Apple recently announced its Passkey functionality, which will allow passwordless authentication with supporting web services through key exchange.
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EPISODE 229
Broadcast Date:
June 8, 202222 minutes
Podcast Jun 08, 2022Root Causes 229: Browsing Collectives and the 80/20 Rule of Privacy
In this follow-on to our two previous podcasts, we elucidate additional potential schemes for preserving consumer privacy.