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Amazon Web Services adds ACME support to Certificate Manager
DevOps

Amazon Web Services adds ACME support to Certificate Manager

Shorter certificate lifecycles could force more renewals onto automation, as AWS now lets customers issue and renew TLS certificates through ACME.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 2nd Jul 2026
Oh Dear report says most website outages are brief
DevOps

Oh Dear report says most website outages are brief

Most disruptions clear in minutes, but a small number of long outages can still leave sites unreachable for hours and mask real downtime.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Thu, 25th Jun 2026
Sectigo launches partner platform & new brand identity
Hybrid Cloud

Sectigo launches partner platform & new brand identity

Customers can now manage the full certificate lifecycle in one place as Sectigo targets expiry risks and quantum-ready testing.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Mon, 25th May 2026
From 398 to 200 Days: Understanding the TLS Certificate Lifespan Reduction
Firewalls

From 398 to 200 Days: Understanding the TLS Certificate Lifespan Reduction

TLS certificate lifespans are halving to 200 days from today, forcing organisations to automate renewals or risk costly outages.

By Daniel Sutherland • 4 min read • Tue, 17th Mar 2026
AppViewX touts 302% ROI as SSL certificates shrink
Firewalls

AppViewX touts 302% ROI as SSL certificates shrink

AppViewX claims 302% ROI and USD $3.9m in benefits from automated SSL/TLS certificate management as lifespans head towards 47 days.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Fri, 13th Mar 2026
Legacy PKI leaves APAC exposed to outages, breaches
DevOps

Legacy PKI leaves APAC exposed to outages, breaches

Legacy PKI and manual certificate management leave APAC firms exposed to outages, cyber risks and compliance failures, CyberArk warns.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
Automation vital as TLS certificate lifespans shrink
Virtualisation

Automation vital as TLS certificate lifespans shrink

TLS lifespans will shrink to 47 days by 2029, making manual renewals unworkable and turning certificate outages into routine disruption.

By Andrew Slavkovic • 5 min read • Wed, 14th Jan 2026
Microsoft patches zero-day, kills legacy Windows drivers
Mobile Device Management

Microsoft patches zero-day, kills legacy Windows drivers

Microsoft's first 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes an exploited DWM zero-day, strips decades-old modem drivers and tackles Secure Boot risks.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Wed, 14th Jan 2026
Certificate expiry in enterprise IT: Putting an end to fear
Breach Prevention

Certificate expiry in enterprise IT: Putting an end to fear

Certificates have become the stealth companion to our online world. But failing to manage them effectively can be more costly than a data breach.

By Armando Decal • 4 min read • Wed, 26th Jul 2023
DigiCert & ServiceNow team up to integrate certificate lifecycle management
Cybersecurity

DigiCert & ServiceNow team up to integrate certificate lifecycle management

DigiCert and ServiceNow are collaborating on a new way to bring certificate management within the ServiceNow platform.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 2nd Oct 2020
DigiCert's QuoVadis acquisition extends PKI expertise in EU
Certification

DigiCert's QuoVadis acquisition extends PKI expertise in EU

DigiCert has now officially completed its acquisition of QuoVadis Group from Swiss security firm WISeKey International.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 21st Jan 2019
DigiCert conquers Google's distrust of Symantec certs
Quantum Computing

DigiCert conquers Google's distrust of Symantec certs

DigiCert has successfully restored trust for its Symantec security certificates after Google's automatic distrust.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 12th Dec 2018
Mozilla delays distrust of Symantec TLS certificates
Symantec

Mozilla delays distrust of Symantec TLS certificates

Mozilla has delayed its distrust of all Symantec security certificates – because so many businesses have failed to do anything about the problem.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 15th Oct 2018
What happens when encryption and security certificates go awry?
Encryption

What happens when encryption and security certificates go awry?

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have warned that compromised certificates in a PKI environment can lead to data breaches.

By Sara Barker • 4 min read • Tue, 27th Mar 2018
INTERVIEW: What Google's decision to distrust Symantec certificates means
DevOps

INTERVIEW: What Google's decision to distrust Symantec certificates means

Last year Chrome announced a formal plan to remove trust from Symantec-issued certificates - Venafi's Walter Goulet discusses the implications.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Wed, 21st Feb 2018
Malicious Reddit clone fooling users into giving away logins
Marketing Technologies

Malicious Reddit clone fooling users into giving away logins

A simple typo is taking users to a seemingly secure Reddit clone that is actually stealing their login details - we have commentary from two experts.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Thu, 8th Feb 2018
LinkedIn's outage blunder left users exposed and was 'easily preventable'
Encryption

LinkedIn's outage blunder left users exposed and was 'easily preventable'

LinkedIn went down yesterday in countries across the world due to an SSL certificate expiry, leaving some users' data at risk with no encryption.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Fri, 1st Dec 2017

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