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2025 cryptography trends: Challenges & opportunities for IT teams
Prepare for 2025 PKI challenges: Quantum threats, TLS changes, and automation trends to boost crypto-agility and overcome IT resource limits.
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Podcast Jan 02, 2025
It Turns Out Monkeys Couldn't Type Shakespeare After All
The old adage states that a monkey in front of a keyboard, given enough time, could randomly type the works of Shakespeare. Apparently, someone ran the numbers and said not so much. We break it down and explain why we're discussing this on a PKI podcast.
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Podcast Dec 30, 2024
Root Causes 452: 2024 Predictions Scorecard
We go over our predictions for 2024 and score our ability as prognosticators.
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Podcast Dec 23, 2024
Root Causes 450: 2025 Predictions
We make our 2025 predictions. Topics include maximum certificate term, AI, post-quantum cryptography (PQC), deep fakes, and more.
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Podcast Dec 18, 2024
Root Causes 449: What Is a Quantum-safe HSM?
Repeat guest Bruno Coulliard of Crypto4A joins us to define a quantum-safe (or PQC enabled) hardware security module (HSM).
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Podcast Dec 17, 2024
Root Causes 448: The Privilege of Being a Public CA
We go over Tim's September 2024 keynote speech at ENISA CA Day, "The Privilege of Being a Public CA."
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Podcast Dec 13, 2024
Root Causes 447: NIST Deprecates RSA-2048 and ECC 256
As part of its post-quantum cryptography (PQC) initiative NIST has released a draft deprecating RSA-2048 and ECC 256 by 2030 and disallowing them by 2035. We get into the details.
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Podcast Dec 12, 2024
Root Causes 446: Sectigo Assumes Five CABF Offices
Tim has stepped into the position of vice-chair of the CA/Browse Forum, and Sectigo now holds five chair or vice-chair positions in that body. We explain how leadership is chosen, the offices Sectigo holds today, and some of our vision for CABF in the next two years.
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Podcast Dec 09, 2024
Root Causes 445: Seven Reasons to Shorten Certificate Lifespans
We take a deep dive into the seven reasons shorter certificate lifespans are better.
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Podcast Dec 05, 2024
Root Causes 444: What Happens to the WebPKI if Google Sells Chrome?
We discuss how a potential break of Chrome from Google would affect the WebPKI. We look at product changes, resourcing, post-quantum cryptography (PQC), innovation, moonshot initiatives, and other public CAs.
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Podcast Dec 02, 2024
Root Causes 443: Is MSCA Going Away?
In this episode we discuss the challenges for enterprises using Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS).
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Podcast Nov 25, 2024
Root Causes 442: Apple Proposal to Reduce SSL Lifespan Updated
Apple has published an updated draft to its proposal for shortening the lifespan of SSL certificates, including a final term of 47 rather than 45 days.