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    G2 Awards Sectigo Leader Status in Certificate Lifecycle Management

    A Press Release from Sectigo

    Press Release Jan 04, 2024

    SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., — January 04, 2024 — Sectigo®, the industry’s most innovative provider of comprehensive certificate lifecycle management (CLM), today announced that it has been recognized as a leader in the secure socket layer/transport layer security (SSL/TLS) certificates and certificate lifecycle management (CLM) software categories in the G2 Winter 2024 Grid report.

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    Root Causes - A PKI & Security Podcast

    EPISODE 352

    Broadcast Date:
    January 4, 2024

    15 minutes

    Podcast Jan 04, 2024

    Root Causes 352: FBI Vs. End-to-end Encryption in Meta Apps

    Meta is finally rolling out end-to-end encryption across its messaging apps. This is the latest chapter in the long story of government versus encryption.

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    The Economic Impact of Cyber Breaches

    A News Article from Sectigo

    News Article Jan 03, 2024

    Nick France, Chief Technology Officer at Sectigo, joins Jill Malandrino on Nasdaq TradeTalks to discuss the economic impact of cyber breaches and what 2024 will look like for budgeting and cyber strategy.

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    A banner year for quantum computing: What to expect in 2024

    A News Article from Sectigo

    News Article Jan 02, 2024

    Sectigo’s Tim Callan makes his top predictions for what the year ahead will hold for quantum computing and encryption.

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    AI scam warning as fraudsters can 'easily' clone voices - how to protect yourself

    A News Article from Sectigo

    News Article Dec 28, 2023

    Nick France, CTO of Sectigo, said voice impersonation can be used for a variety of attacks. An experiment recently showed AI can be used to make deepfakes capable of bypassing voice recognition for online banking.

    He warned: "People think phone scams, that successfully manipulate someone’s voice is mission impossible, but the reality is that AI deepfake voice technology is more democratised than we like to believe, it doesn’t take an MIT graduate to pull this off.

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    Root Causes - A PKI & Security Podcast

    EPISODE 351

    Broadcast Date:
    December 27, 2023

    18 minutes

    Podcast Dec 27, 2023

    Root Causes 351: 2024 Predictions

    We look forward to 2024 and predict trends for PKI, certificates, and digital identity.

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    Root Causes - A PKI & Security Podcast

    EPISODE 350

    Broadcast Date:
    December 21, 2023

    15 minutes

    Podcast Dec 21, 2023

    Root Causes 350: Public Certificates & the GDPR Right to Be Forgotten

    GDPR provides a "right to be forgotten," whereby individuals can demand the removal of PII from IT systems. This can run contrary to public PKI systems.

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    Certificate lifespans shrink exponentially

    A Blog Post from Sectigo

    Blog Post Dec 20, 2023

    Digital certificate lifespans will continue to shrink. Businesses must brace for a reassessment of security fundamentals that have lingered in the shadows.

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    Sectigo Honored in 2023 Best Places to Work Awards

    A Press Release from Sectigo

    Press Release Dec 19, 2023

    Sectigo announced today it has been recognized as a 2023 best place to work after winning the top spots by Comparably.

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    Root Causes - A PKI & Security Podcast

    EPISODE 349

    Broadcast Date:
    December 18, 2023

    23 minutes

    Podcast Dec 18, 2023

    Root Causes 349: 2023 Lookback - Overall Trends

    We look back at PKI in 2023. Trends include AI, enterprise crypto agility, OCSP's fall, PKI everywhere, weak passwords, and government vs. the internet.

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    RSA will come under siege as researchers crack shortcuts to decryption

    A Blog Post from Sectigo

    Blog Post Dec 18, 2023

    Researcher and hackers alike will intensify efforts to unravel RSA encryption. Although RSA is not expected to succumb, it will face immense pressure. 

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    Root Causes - A PKI & Security Podcast

    EPISODE 348

    Broadcast Date:
    December 15, 2023

    12 minutes

    Podcast Dec 15, 2023

    Root Causes 348: What Is a Merkle Tree?

    One foundational element of modern cryptographic systems is the Merkle tree. We explain this data structure, its properties, and its use cases.