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

The Last Watchdog

Related: Why PKI will endure as the Internet’s secure core. And this is why DigiCert recently introduced DigiCert® Document Signing Manager (DSM) – an advanced hosted service designed to increase the level of assurance of the identities of persons signing documents digitally.

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Web application exposures continue do bedevil companies as digital transformation accelerates

The Last Watchdog

Companies are scaling up their use of web apps as they strive to integrate digital technology into every aspect of daily business operation. As this ‘digital transformation’ of commerce accelerates, the attack surface available to threat actors likewise is expanding. Related: Cyber spies feast on government shut down.

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

The Last Watchdog

Then the Internet took off and trusting the connection between a user’s device and a web server became of paramount importance. Today we’re in the throes of digital transformation. This results in ephemeral connections firing off at a vast scale — humans-to-software and software-to-software – all across the Internet Cloud.

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SHARED INTEL: Automating PKI certificate management alleviates outages caused by boom

The Last Watchdog

Related: A primer on advanced digital signatures. PKI and digital certificates were pivotal in the formation of the commercial Internet, maturing in parallel with ecommerce. Clearly, many companies need to get a better grip on PKI management simply to keep from derailing digital transformation.

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MY TAKE: Why speedy innovation requires much improved cyber hygiene, cloud security

The Last Watchdog

Speed is what digital transformation is all about. As the infrastructure has gotten more complex, and we add more things like the Internet of Things, it’s harder to patch all your stuff, but that’s still the best step you can take today,” he says. Related: The API attack vector expands Speed translates into innovation agility.

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RSAC insights: Malware is now spreading via weaponized files circulating in data lakes, file shares

The Last Watchdog

Here’s his argument: Companies are competing to deliver innovative digital services faster and more flexibly than ever. Digital content creation is flourishing with intellectual property, financial records, marketing plans and legal documents circulating within a deeply interconnected digital ecosystem.

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MY TAKE: Why it’s now crucial to preserve PKI, digital certificates as the core of Internet security

The Last Watchdog

For decades, the cornerstone of IT security has been Public Key Infrastructure, or PKI , a system that allows you to encrypt and sign data, issuing digital certificates that authenticate the identity of users. PKI basics PKI revolves around the creation, distribution and management of digital certificates. I’ll keep watch.

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