- October 03, 2024
- Debbie Hayes
Advanced vs Qualified Electronic Signatures: Choosing the Right Vendor
How do you know if you are getting the right signing solution for your business? In this blog we illuminate how to choose the right vendor.
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What is a Man-in-the-Middle Attack and How Can You Prevent It?
March 01, 2017What is a man-in-the-middle cyber-attack and how can you prevent an MITM attack in your own business. This blog explores some of the tactics you can use to keep your organization safe.
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What is Timestamping?
February 10, 2017What is a timestamp and in particular what is trusted timestamping and how does it work? We also look at common transactions where timestamping would be used.
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What Is HSTS and How Do I Implement It?
February 03, 2017Guest blogger, Denver Prophit Jr, gives a quick start guide to HSTS. What is HSTS and HSTS preloading, how do you use it and how to implement it on various servers.
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How to Prevent DDoS Attacks on a Cloud Server Using Open Source Software
October 11, 2016A Distributed Denial of Service Attack (DDoS) is, unfortunately, an increasingly common form of premeditated attack against an organization’s web infrastructure. Typically, it involves using multiple…
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7 Reasons to Use Digital Certificates for Mobile Authentication
August 26, 2016Organizations often have a large number of employees authenticating to corporate networks on their mobile devices. Here's why we think Digital Certificates are the best way to do this.
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A History of IIoT Cyber-Attacks & Checklist for Implementing Security [Infographic]
August 18, 2016We share an infographic on the history of the Industrial Internet of Things Cyber Attacks and tips on how to secure the IIoT and strengthen your business.
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How to Download and Install a PKCS#12 onto Your Android Device
July 15, 2016Learn how to download and install a digital certificate, .pfx or PKCS#12 file onto your Android device with our easy to follow, step-by-step guide.
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What Is eIDAS and What Does It Mean for My Business?
June 29, 2016With eIDAS set to be enforced in just two days, we take a deeper look into this regulation and what it means for your organization's use of Digital Certificates.
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Closed for Business - the Impact of Denial of Service Attacks in the IoT
February 02, 2016Distributed Denial of Service attacks usually mean a infrastructure can't cope due to capacity overload. With the rise of many badly protected devices in the IoT the threat is increasing.
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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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Private Key Protection
September 30, 2015We look at ways you can protect your private key from falling into the wrong hands. Many software developers are not sufficiently protecting the environments and simply store them on a local machine.
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ECC 101: What is ECC and why would I want to use it?
May 29, 2015The main differentiation between ECC and other cryptographic approaches, such as the current RSA standard, is that it allows for a smaller key size, which reduces storage and transmission…
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3 Ways a Certificate Management Service Helps You Avoid SSL Certificate Expiration
August 20, 2014There are a number of benefits to using a management service for your SSL Certificates, but today we're focusing specifically on how they can help prevent certificate expiration.
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The Importance of Understanding AI Risks: 5 Potential Dangers of Artificial Intelligence
August 23, 2023Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a transformative force across various industries, revolutionizing the way we live and work. From improving healthcare to optimizing transportation, AI's…
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Are You Ready for the New CA/B Forum Baseline Requirements for S/MIME?
August 11, 2023From 1 September 2023, the new CA/B Forum Baseline Requirements come into effect, are you ready? Read on to learn more
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Exploring the Benefits of PKI for Businesses - How to Leverage this Technology for Increased Security!
July 21, 2023PKI For Businesses: With the progressive evolution of the internet, ensuring the security of businesses' online presence has become an increasingly formidable task, owing to the relentless…
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Visualize Your Entire SSL/TLS Certificate Inventory with Atlas Discovery
June 13, 2023Do you know what SSL/TLS certificates you have in your organization? Read more to learn about the certificate inventory tool that could help you.
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Securing Docker Containers using TLS Certificates
May 04, 2023As more and more Enterprises are adopting DevOps culture there has been a significant rise in the usage of Container Services. According to the CNCF Survey 2020 , 92% of respondents say they use…
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How Businesses Can Seamlessly Prioritize Security in Digital Transformation Era with Digital Signatures
January 12, 2023In this increasingly hyperconnected world, digital transformation helps improve the productivity of the organization. Technological innovation continues to support organizations in carrying out their…
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Auto Enrollment Gateway - A Path to Certificate Automation and Provisioning
January 12, 2023Security is a critical concern for today's enterprises and their customers, especially with many employees pivoting to remote work over the past couple of years. To protect their most valuable and…
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Everything You Need to Know About GMO Sign, our Cloud-based Signing Solution
August 09, 2022Processing paper documents may require significant physical space, time, resources, and cost. However, you can integrate cost-effective solutions for your document management and get greater control…
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A Detailed Guide to our Code Signing Solution
August 09, 2022The proliferation of malware and nefarious websites makes users cautious of downloading software or applications digitally. If they cannot determine who the publisher is or whether or not the software…
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A Guide to Streamlining Business Processes and Workflows
June 30, 2022Every business aims to become more efficient and agile, especially as the pace of digital transformation is accelerating. Streamlining business processes and workflows is an efficient and durable way…
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What is Robotic Process Automation (RPA)?
June 29, 2022Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a business strategy to automate technology that utilizes software robots to automate tasks conducted by the human workforce. Robotic process automation (RPA), also…
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What is DDoS Attack and How to Prevent It?
June 29, 2022A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is a non-intrusive internet attack designed to harm the targeted website. It is a malicious attempt to disrupt the regular traffic of a targeted server,…
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Top 5 Common Types of Website Attack
June 28, 2022In recent years, cyberattacks have become more refined, increasing the demand for a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy and tooling. From any government agency to the startups, every organization…
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IoT Security Threats and Defenses
June 24, 2022Internet of Things (IoT) devices are becoming ubiquitous while IoT services are becoming pervasive. Their success has not gone unnoticed, and the number of threats and attacks against IoT devices and…
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6 Types of SSL Certificates to Secure Your Website
June 21, 2022Security plays a significant role in every entrepreneur or company with a website in the online world. The escalating increase of online attacks is a dangerous threat to the thriving of every…
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Digital Trust Is Elusive – Are Qualified Trust Services A Solution?
March 12, 2020Online, the lack of information on which we normally base our trust, as well as the pressure to make a quick decision, leads to frequent errors in judgement. Those errors can be substantial – and…
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How Gas and Electric Providers Can Mitigate Risks Against Ransomware-Based Attacks
March 09, 2020There’s been yet another cyberattack on one of the most critical infrastructure sectors the United States relies on to fuel our economy (no pun intended) and safeguard our citizens - the energy…
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The GlobalSign Cybersecurity News Round-Up: Week of March 2, 2020
March 06, 2020File this week’s cybersecurity news theme under “UK” since there were a greater number of stories than usual stemming from, or at related to, the region. Here’s a quick breakdown of the activity.
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5 Popular Reasons for Using a VPN
March 05, 2020The rising popularity of VPN raises the questions of what exactly is a VPN and whether you should use one.
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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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The GlobalSign Cybersecurity News Round-Up: Week of February 24, 2020
February 28, 2020Besides the RSA conference, there was still lots of cybersecurity news to discuss. One of the biggest stories was the significant breach at facial recognition provider Clearview AI. This one is rather…
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Infineon Technologies and GlobalSign Strengthen and Simplify Enrollment to Microsoft Azure IoT Hub
February 25, 2020IoT security from chip to cloud just got a lot more secure and far easier to attain. And that’s great news for IoT device manufacturers, operators and system integrators.
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Apple Unilaterally Mandates One-Year SSL Certificate Validity Limit
February 24, 2020Last week at the Face to Face CAB Forum Meeting in Slovakia, Apple announced its intention to restrict SSL/TLS validity to just 398 days.
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The GlobalSign Cybersecurity News Round-Up: Week of February 17, 2020
February 21, 2020As always there are a plethora of cybersecurity news stories to review. But certainly one of the of the most concerning stories of the week is the ransomware attack on a natural gas facility.
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The Death of the Cookie
February 20, 2020Tracking cookies might soon be a thing of the past. Whether this is a positive or negative development depends on how you use the internet.
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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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Why PKI Should be a Part of Your DevSecOps Policy
February 19, 2020When it comes to DevOps, and DevSecOps, it's important to create a safe environment for your development, testing, staging, deployment, and production.
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The GlobalSign Cybersecurity News Round-Up: Week of February 10, 2020
February 14, 2020From business email compromise attacks (BEC), to raising the question of digital signatures on official ballots, to persistent poor password problems (how’s that for alliteration?) – and most…
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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.