SSL Compliance Timeline
Best Practices to Comply with SSL/TLS Industry Standards and Mitigate Risk
Requirements and enhancements for secure implementations of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols are continuously evolving as a result of the constant changing nature of the Web and attacks formulated against the SSL/TLS protocol.
While SSL/TLS seems like it is easy to deploy, that’s not the way it works. Entrust SSL Experts have thoroughly reviewed the SSL/TLS deployment process and wish to offer you our best practices. Our timeline tool can help you keep current with SSL/TLS industry and attack news, compliance requirements, protocol enhancements and server feedback, so you spend the minimum amount of time possible on deployment and maintenance while still achieving the maximum results for your organization.
2014
2015
Domains must be registered for public trust SSL Action: .
Action: Entrust/You
2016
2017
2018
Domain validation via domain ownership is no longer valid.
Action: Entrust/You
Most secure protocol is finalized for implementation.
Action: Entrust/You
2019
Chrome downgrades EV indication in status bar.
Action: Entrust/You
Firefox downgrades EV indication in status bar.
Action: Entrust/You
2020
Browsers will depreciate the use of TLS 1.0 and 1.1 in 2020.
Action: Entrust/You
