Does anyone remember double albums aka double LPs? I’m talking vinyl records of course, before CDs changed the industry and with it the maximum duration of material that could be packaged into a single disc. If a band had more than 40 minutes of material available, the only options were to cut some ...

It’s official: IoT is no longer just a buzzword organizations are throwing around. At least that’s what we learned from a recent study from the Ponemon Institute. IoT as a whole has been a topic of discussion for some time now, but IoT security specifically has been a more challenging conversation....

In today’s IT environment, digital certificates are everywhere. Our 2020 Global PKI/IoT Report found that IT professionals are managing 43% more certificates than the previous year. There are several reasons for this dramatic rise in certificates in the enterprise: Increased use of cloud-based I...

Who looks after the keys to your organization’s building? Most employees know the answer – it's a facilities or on-site operations team. These days doors are unlocked at most businesses using a proximity card that can be programmed to open certain doors, or all doors, across the organization’s vario...

It’s been a challenging year. Around the world, we’ve reacted to a pandemic, social change and a significant US election. It was a year that forced organizations to accelerate digital transformation strategies that enable remote workers and commerce amid rising cyberthreats from scammers and hostile...

As the impact of the recent SolarWinds cyberattack continues to emerge, the method of attack is becoming clearer: According to several reports, the attackers used malicious Trojan software updates for SolarWinds’ Orion IT monitoring solution, signed with valid digital signatures, to gain network acc...

As cryptology — the study of codes — continues to advance and the industry develops increasingly innovative ways to secure communication, people rarely ask: “where did all this come from?” As someone who has been fascinated by cryptology for more than 30 years, I’d like to share my historical perspe...