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EPISODE 212
Broadcast Date:
March 28, 202211 minutes
Podcast Mar 28, 2022Root Causes 212: S/MIME Limited to Three Years
On April 1 new root program requirements from Apple for S/MIME certificates go into effect, including a limitation of the allowable term to three years.
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EPISODE 211
Broadcast Date:
March 14, 202214 minutes
Podcast Mar 14, 2022Root Causes 211: Does CLM Make Wildcard and MDC Irrelevant?
We weigh the degree to which Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) renders the benefits of wildcard and multi-domain certificates obsolete.
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EPISODE 210
Broadcast Date:
March 8, 20227 minutes
Podcast Mar 08, 2022Root Causes 210: Living off the Land
Microsoft has deprecated support for the popular sysadmin tool WMIC. Join our hosts as they explain why and the broader lessons we can learn.
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EPISODE 209
Broadcast Date:
March 1, 202221 minutes
Podcast Mar 01, 2022Root Causes 209: One-Day Deployment of CLM
For any Certificate Lifecycle Management platform to succeed, effective deployment is essential. We describe the optimal onboarding process, step by step.
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Deepfake Cybersecurity: What It Is & More
Blog Post from Sectigo
Blog Post Feb 24, 2022With deepfake technology, bad actors can impersonate others and gain access to sensitive data. Learn more about this threat to cybersecurity and how to prevent it.
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EPISODE 208
Broadcast Date:
February 24, 202210 minutes
Podcast Feb 24, 2022Root Causes 208: HD Radio Error Bricks Automotive Information Systems
Recently automobile infotainment systems were permanently "bricked" by a HD radio flaw. Our hosts describe what happened and the lessons we can learn.
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What Are the Baseline Requirements?
Blog Post from Sectigo
Blog Post Feb 23, 2022For the first decade-plus of their lifespan as a technology, publicly trusted digital certificates operated with little oversight, transparency, or consistency in operating principles. To create predictable, reliable behavior among public Certificate Authorities (CAs) the CA/Browser Forum undertook the creation of its Baseline Requirements, which first went into effect in 2012.
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EPISODE 207
Broadcast Date:
February 21, 202219 minutes
Podcast Feb 21, 2022Root Causes 207: Former Gartner Analyst Jumps on the Playing Field
Gartner analyst David Mahdi explains the reasons for his optimism about digital trust, including NFTs, Web3, blockchain, PKI, and Zero Trust.
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EPISODE 206
Broadcast Date:
February 14, 202233 minutes
Podcast Feb 14, 2022Root Causes 206: What Is Web3?
Web3 refers to the concept that online content can be attributed to specific known publishers, regardless of web site or online channel.
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EPISODE 205
Broadcast Date:
February 9, 202212 minutes
Podcast Feb 09, 2022Root Causes 205: Anatomy of an Encrypted Peer-to-Peer Mesh Network
Jason Soroko explains how he was able to quickly and easily create an encrypted communications mesh for use by him and his collaboration team.
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EPISODE 204
Broadcast Date:
February 2, 202223 minutes
Podcast Feb 02, 2022Root Causes 204: PKI's Role in Passwordless
We explain PKI's specific role in passwordless authentication, clarifying the difference between password-masking and true passwordless technologies.
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EPISODE 203
Broadcast Date:
January 31, 202211 minutes
Podcast Jan 31, 2022Root Causes 203: What Is a Credential Vault?
Credential vaults are necessary for secure and functional secrets management for automated systems like DevOps or Robotic Process Automation (RPA).