- July 31, 2020
- Sam Bocetta
Spear Phishing and Coronavirus – How to Protect Yourself and Your Company
Spear phishing is on the rise as cyber criminals have begun impersonating Google to trick remote workers during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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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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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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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.