According to a new Frost & Sullivan white paper, the number of consumers using digital payment methods continues to increase worldwide—and so do concerns about online fraud. With 6.17 million data records stolen every day by cybercriminals, companies doing business on the internet have two choices: win the digital trust of consumers or lose revenue. […]
When you visit the website of your financial institution, whether it be your bank, insurance agency, brokerage house or credit card company, the site is most likely using an Extended Validation (EV) certificate to secure its communication and to project its identity to users. Your browser will show the encryption lock in the address bar […]
Once again, expiring digital certificates leading to massive online services shutdowns made headlines. These types of incidents can happen, though here at DigiCert, we’ve built CertCentral to help companies avoid these headaches. And, we are constantly working on improvements to the platform to include additional functionality and automation. Digital certificates are used to encrypt website […]
“People need to think about how they’re securing not just browser traffic, but also API and automated traffic.” – Patrick Donahue, Director of Product Management, Cloudflare Just when you thought you had encryption figured out, Cloudflare reveals three new ways to employ it for a better internet. Cloudflare is determined to help save the internet. […]
“There are some things AI just can’t solve. When it comes to SSL, having real person at the other end of the phone is one of those things. SSL247 provides this human connection for its customers, well, 24/7.” With over 15 years of web security experience operating across 18 different markets, SSL247 not only offers […]
There are currently three versions of the TLS protocol in use today: TLS 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2. TLS 1.0 was released in 1999, making it a nearly two-decade-old protocol. It has been known to be vulnerable to attacks—such as BEAST and POODLE—for years, in addition to supporting weak cryptography, which doesn’t keep modern-day connections sufficiently […]
In about a month, a large number of existing Symantec SSL certificates will be distrusted by Google Chrome as part of their removal of Symantec root certificates. Starting in Chrome 66 beta and followed up in April when Chrome 66 stable is released, certificates issued by Symantec, GeoTrust, Thawte, and RapidSSL prior to June 1, […]
If you’re getting a pop-up warning about *.btrll.com that says, “[the] identity of this website cannot be verified” or “[the] name on the security certificate is invalid,” this post is here to help. Btrll.com is operated by Bright Roll, a company owned by Yahoo, that distributes online ads. This warning/error appears because of a misconfiguration […]
The policy change goes into effect October 2017. Learn what this means for DigiCert customers.
