A quick recap Earlier this year, we launched Red Sift Certificates Lite, the free TLS certificate expiration monitoring service recommended by Let’s Encrypt. Since launch, thousands of organizations have adopted it to track their certificates and avoid expiry-related outages. What we heard from customers At launch, we had adopted Let’s Encrypt’s approach for consistency with…Continue Reading: New in Certificates Lite: Active certificate scanning and smarter expiry alerts
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PCI-DSS takes aim at phishing attacks
Executive Summary: The latest PCI-DSS update underscores the critical need for strong email authentication to combat phishing threats. Red Sift OnDMARC and Red Sift Certificates solutions empower organizations to meet these standards, ensuring the protection of sensitive customer information. This article: Introduction The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) is a globally recognized framework for securing…Continue Reading: PCI-DSS takes aim at phishing attacks
Apple & Chrome propose reduced certificate lifetime
The lifetime of SSL/ TLS certificates continues to grow shorter. Chrome initially proposed reducing certificate lifespans to 90 days to enhance security and mitigate risks associated with compromised certificates. Apple took this initiative further, proposing a draft ballot to shorten the maximum validity period for public SSL/TLS certificates to just 47 days by 2028. The…Continue Reading: Apple & Chrome propose reduced certificate lifetime
A confident deployment guide for TLS and PKI
Our journey to better network transport security has been quite the ride, filled with ups and downs. Back in the ’90s, when SSL and the Netscape browser were just taking off, things were pretty hard. We were dealing with weak encryption, export restrictions on cryptography, and computers that couldn’t keep up. But over the years,…Continue Reading: A confident deployment guide for TLS and PKI