Verified Mark Certificates (VMC) now have a companion product for logos that are not registered trademarks, called a Common Mark Certificate (CMC). We explain the differences.

A CA has incorrectly issued TLS certificates for the 1.1.1.1 and 2.2.2.2 IP addresses. We go into the details.

Client authentication using public TLS server certificates is on the deprecation path. In this episode we go through the key dates in this deprecation.

Based on the ready availability of AI-based voice cloning, we declare voice biometric authentication to be utterly valueless.

A new CABF ballot proposal will eliminate all email- and phone-based DCV over the next few years. We go into the details.

Three major changes are coming to the world of public certificates, all of which require major changes in how organizations deploy, renew, and manage their certificates. These are 47-day SSL, PQC, and the deprecation of mTLS. We describe the overlap between these efforts and how to combine them for better efficiency and project management.

MPIC (Multi-perspective Issuance Corroboration) is soon to move into enforcement phase. In this episode we describe three configuration decisions that can force Domain Control Validation (DCV) to fail and tell you what to do about them before you have a problem.

We complete our description and commentary on the results of Sectigo's survey of enterprise preparedness for Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC).

We begin to go over the results of Sectigo's recent survey of enterprises and their preparedness and plans for adopting Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC).

Sectigo has released the results of its survey of IT professionals in charge of certificates to measure their readiness and preparation for 47-day maximum certificate term. We go over the results.