Certificate authorities aren’t scrutinizing who gets their SSL certificates, and now a large number of phishing sites have legitimate certificates, said Netcraft, a United Kingdom-based Internet ...

A move to drastically reduce the lifespan of SSL certificates, pushed primarily by Apple and Google, likely won’t make the internet safer — but will force IT to accept more automation. Some have ...

IT professionals are expected to know everything technical, which creates a very high bar, and mistakes can be costly. Increasingly, corporate IT is asked to be more involved with website security ...

Q: What do I do when I get this message: “There is a problem with this website’s security certificate?” We’ve all been taught to look for https: (HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure) at the beginning ...

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