- January 07, 2025
- Jaya Mehmie
Code Signing Certificate Validity Changes: What This Means For You
The maximum validity period for Code Signing Certificates is decreasing, but what does this mean for you? Discover more in our blog.
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Common SSL Certificate Errors and How to Fix Them
March 27, 2020We’re back with another support post and this time we’re sharing our top support queries or SSL Certificates Errors and how to solve them.
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It's Time to Disable TLS 1.0 (and All SSL Versions) If You Haven't Already
March 04, 2020As of June 30, 2018, all websites need to use TLS 1.1 or higher to comply with PCI Data Security Standard. What's behind the change and are you compliant?
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PSD2: Everything You Need to Know
March 03, 2020The revised Payment Service Directive, most often referred to by its acronym PSD2, officially went into effect in September 2019 – although the European Banking Authority has given companies an…
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What is Active Directory Certificate Services and Why Should I Use It?
February 20, 2020Active Directory is used by many organizations to manage their internal IT infrastructure. But did you know you can use it to provision and manage certificate lifecycle as well?
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SSL vs TLS - What's the Difference?
February 13, 2020What's the difference between SSL and TLS? And how do you know which one is right for you? Everything is explained in this blog.
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What is the CCPA? An Overview of the California Consumer Protection Act
February 13, 2020The California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) went into effect on January 1, 2020. This article will explain what the CCPA is, who it affects, and why compliance is critical for ALL organizations.
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PSD2 Terms and Acronyms
February 11, 2020Keep reading to find out more about the latest directive affecting the security industry in the EU. For a quick list of all the abbreviations scroll down to the PSD2 Glossary at the end of the post.
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The GlobalSign 2019 PKI Survey – Results and Infographic
December 03, 2019GlobalSign conducted a survey earlier this year to better understand how, and why, companies are using Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) based certificates. Nearly 750 people participated in the survey,…
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e-Invoicing and the EU VAT Directive
May 22, 2019Following the EU Commission’s announcement on 18 April 2019, businesses may or may not be aware the e-invoicing Directive came into force...
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Smart Security for Smart Cities
March 15, 2019Smart Cities, made possible by the rapid advancement of connected devices, software systems and information communications technologies are helping in the urbanization
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An Introduction to Economic Risks by FinTech Companies
October 10, 2018FinTech companies bring a huge advantage to our financial landscape, but there are some challenges too. In this post, we discuss the economic risks with FinTech companies and how to mitigate them.
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What Are Subordinate CAs and Why Would You Want Your Own?
September 11, 2018What is an intermediate or subordinate CA? We take a look at this concept by looking at certificate hierarchy. You will also find out why companies set-up their own intermediate or subordinate CA.
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What is Social Engineering? The Human Confidence Game
August 15, 2018Those that social engineer are hackers, conducting phishing-like scams with the objective of gaining enough personal information through confidence-instilling questions and exchanges.
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What is Server Name Indication (SNI)?
June 01, 2018With the increase of HTTPS across the internet there comes many benefits, but there is also some challenges. For example, with HTTP sites, a server uses HTTP HOST headers to determine which HTTP…
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What's the difference between HTTP and HTTPS?
May 22, 2018Wait, are there really two of those? Casual users rarely notice them, but HTTP (or, http://) and HTTPS (https://) are both options for the start of a URL, showcasing an important difference in all…
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World Password Day: Is it Safe?
May 02, 2019The ramifications of individual cybersecurity breaches can be devastating. According to a recent article in Threatpost, the average...
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Young and Scale-free
April 25, 2019In this article we will explain how the Bitcoin Blockchain represents a new class of systems and protocols that are able to store value, pursue a brief inquiry into value...
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Bringing Gamification to Cyber Security Training
April 18, 2019Human error is one of the top three causes of data breaches, could the gamification of the cyber security training process help businesses to defeat this enemy?
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It's Tax Season - And Cyber Criminals are Waiting
April 10, 2019At GlobalSign, everything we do is focused on one thing – protecting identities. So when tax season rolls around next week (April 15), we’re acutely aware how fraud can turn into a nightmare during…
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Don’t be Fooled: The Top 6 Cybersecurity Risks
April 03, 2019We like to laugh at scams. Once exposed, security risks that fooled thousands turn into stories of “Who could have fallen for that?”
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Ransomware Attacks with Funny Names Cause Disruption to Manufacturers – And It’s No Laughing Matter
March 29, 2019These ransomware attacks may have funny names, but the consequences are no laughing matter.
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Don’t Forget Security: The Most Critical Tips for Application Development Companies
March 21, 2019While no easy task, there are a few steps that app development companies can take up front to make the process easier.
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Smart Security for Smart Cities
March 15, 2019Smart Cities, made possible by the rapid advancement of connected devices, software systems and information communications technologies are helping in the urbanization...
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Cloud Security – Here’s Something We Can All Agree On!
March 11, 2019At the show, GlobalSign’s Technology Partner Manager, Mike Boyle, and Sebastian Schultz, Sales Engineer will take a look into PKI and the need for Crypto Agility...
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And the Award Goes To…The GlobalSign IoT Identity Platform!
March 07, 2019Strong, unique identities are the core of IoT device security. Giving unique identities allows them to be authenticated when they come online and throughout the lifetime. It proves integrity and…
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RSA Wants Us All to Be Better…Let’s Crank it Up to 11
February 27, 2019Well, it’s that time of year again. The time when cybersecurity’s best and brightest come together in San Francisco to share our latest thoughts, ideas and wares on combating and managing the scourge…
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How Longview IoT Secured their Customers’ Industrial IoT Assets
February 25, 2019We’ve all heard of consumer IoT device breaches leading to unnerving situations and events. But when breaches happen to industrially connected IoT devices and systems, the consequences are…
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Organizational Approach to Cyber Culture
February 18, 2019Predictions aren't easy, especially in the chaotic world of cybersecurity. The threat landscape is ever-growing, all thanks to offensive and defensive technologies and nation-state attacks emerging at…
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How to Tell if you've Been Cryptojacked
February 07, 2019Cryptojacking is the malicious use of a victim’s computer to mine cryptocurrency, and is a growing problem for both individual users and companies. If you’ve never heard of it before, that’s likely…
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Staying Safe Online This Valentine’s Day…You Never Know What You’re Gonna Get
January 31, 2019Sadly, Valentine’s Day has become another opportunity for hackers, cyber thieves, and assorted unsavory folks to wreak havoc. Whether you’re cyber shopping or looking for love online this Valentine’s…
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PKCS#12 (.pfx file): A Simpler Way to Create a Digital Certificate
March 03, 2016Learn what is a PKCS#12 or .pfx file and guidelines on installing a PKCS#12 on different operating systems.
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What is Client Authentication and Why Do I Need It?
February 01, 2016Regional Product Manager for GlobalSign, Kimberly Johnson looks at Client Authentication through GlobalSign's Auto-Enrolment Gateway.
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How To: OneClickSSL Open Source PHP Library
June 27, 2012Since launching our OneClickSSL technology, we have remained focused on further increasing the availability of the solution in hosting environments. We want the technology to be as easy to integrate…