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MY TAKE: Why ‘basic research’ is so vital to bringing digital transformation to full fruition

The Last Watchdog

Basic research is the foundational theorizing and testing scientists pursue in order to advance their understanding of a phenomenon in the natural world, and, increasingly, in the digital realm. The public key is held by the individual user and the private key is held by the certified server storing the encrypted data.

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MY TAKE: How the lack of API security translates into ‘digital transformation’ security holes

The Last Watchdog

And today APIs are empowering companies to speed up complex software development projects – as part of digital transformation. In short, APIs have emerged and endured as the linchpin of social media, cloud services and mobile computing; and they will remain pivotal as the Internet of Things expands. Rising concerns.

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MY TAKE: PKI, digital certificates now ready to take on the task of securing digital transformation

The Last Watchdog

Related: Why PKI is well-suited to secure the Internet of Things PKI is the authentication and encryption framework on which the Internet is built. Nonetheless, it is a pivotal chapter in the evolution of digital commerce. It can be as granular as a microservice in a software container connecting to a mobile app, for instance.

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As 2-factor authentication falls short, ‘adaptive multi-factor authentication’ goes mainstream

The Last Watchdog

The use of an additional form of authentication to protect the accessing of a sensitive digital system has come a long way over the past decade and a half. An Israeli start-up, Silverfort , is seeking to make a great leap forward in the state-of-the-art of authentication systems. This is what digital transformation is all about.

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MY TAKE: ‘Digital trust’ has a huge role to play mitigating cybersecurity threats, going forward

The Last Watchdog

Modern digital systems simply could not exist without trusted operations, processes and connections. They require integrity, authentication, trusted identity and encryption. Today we’re in the throes of digital transformation. Related: Leveraging PKI to advance electronic signatures. Failure is not an option.

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NEW TECH: DigiCert Document Signing Manager leverages PKI to advance electronic signatures

The Last Watchdog

And PKI , of course, is the behind-the-scenes authentication and encryption framework on which the Internet is built. As digital transformation has quickened, it has become clear that electronic signatures are destined to become even more pervasively used to conduct business remotely. Achieving high assurance.

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MY TAKE: Why new tools, tactics are needed to mitigate risks introduced by widespread encryption

The Last Watchdog

It was just a few short years ago that the tech sector, led by Google, Mozilla and Microsoft, commenced a big push to increase the use of HTTPS – and its underlying TLS authentication and encryption protocol. Related: Why Google’s HTTPS push is a good thing At the time, just 50 % of Internet traffic used encryption.