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Cloud or On-Premise: Updating Assumptions on Secure Certificate Management
Webinar from Sectigo
Webinar Oct 28, 2021Cloud or On-Premise: Updating Assumptions on Secure Certificate Manage
Join Tim Callan and Jason Soroko explain the difference between Cloud and On-Premise and which is better for secure certificate management.
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EPISODE 184
Broadcast Date:
October 27, 202112 minutes
Podcast Oct 27, 2021Root Causes 184: Popular College WiFi Vulnerability Revealed
Certificate misconfiguration in commonly used college WiFi can expose logins. We discuss WiFi authentication, EAP, and how this vulnerability occurs.
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EPISODE 183
Broadcast Date:
October 21, 202114 minutes
Podcast Oct 21, 2021Root Causes 183: New MSCA Attack Toolkits
A new white paper and set of toolkits illuminate MSCA root key attacks. We provide a clear action list for IT professionals in charge of Microsoft CA.
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A World Where SSL Certificates Do Not Allow Organizational Unit Fields
Blog Post from Sectigo
Blog Post Oct 19, 2021There’s a healthy discussion in the world of public SSL certificates: the OU field. Standing for Organizational Unit and currently unrestricted in its use, many IT professionals feel the data often placed in this field leads to confusion. It is an unauthenticated field that may soon be greatly restricted in usage — or even eliminated altogether.
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EPISODE 182
Broadcast Date:
October 18, 202125 minutes
Podcast Oct 18, 2021Root Causes 182: Let's Encrypt Root Expiration
Let's Encrypt's recent root expiration caused widespread service outages. We discuss this expiration and the recipe for avoiding problems in the future.
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EPISODE 181
Broadcast Date:
August 30, 202113 minutes
Podcast Aug 30, 2021Root Causes 181: Limitation of DCV Through Web Site Changes
Domain Control Validation (DCV) for SSL certificates using the "change to web site" method will be changing late this year. We explain these changes.
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EPISODE 180
Broadcast Date:
August 26, 202112 minutes
Podcast Aug 26, 2021Root Causes 180: PetitPotam MSCA Attack
WE describe the PetitPotam MSCA attack and related terms like Mimikatz, pass-the-hash, and NTLM Relay, including a mitigation roadmap and free resources.
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EPISODE 179
Broadcast Date:
August 24, 202114 minutes
Podcast Aug 24, 2021Root Causes 179: Standards for Certificates Apart from SSL
SSL is not the only regulated type of digital certificate. We discuss the rules for S/MIME, eIDAS, code signing, document signing, and SSH certificates.
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EPISODE 178
Broadcast Date:
August 20, 202114 minutes
Podcast Aug 20, 2021Root Causes 178: Stealing Cryptocurrency
We describe the various ways in which cryptocurrency can be stolen, including private key compromise, broker security failure, and login credential theft.
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EPISODE 177
Broadcast Date:
August 9, 202120 minutes
Podcast Aug 09, 2021Root Causes 177: What Is Passwordless?
Passwordless is a hot topic in identity. We explain credential form factors and offer a specific definition of passwordless.
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EPISODE 176
Broadcast Date:
August 5, 202127 minutes
Podcast Aug 05, 2021Root Causes 176: Introducing State-Locality Exclusivity
Sectigo is implementing an important change to its public-facing SSL certificate business called State-Locality Exclusivity. We explain in this episode.
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EPISODE 175
Broadcast Date:
August 2, 202121 minutes
Podcast Aug 02, 2021Root Causes 175: What Is a Linter?
Linters are a venerable coding tool has recently taken on new significant in the world of public certificates. Our hosts explain.