Results tagged "Verisign"
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Certificate Authority Compromises Are Global In Reach
September 09, 2011 01:48 PM
There has already been a lot written about the compromise at DigiNotar, GlobalSign and Comodo. One day we will look at the summer of 2011 as the time when the PKI collapsed. That's not hyperbole. The problems with certificate authorities and the inherent weakness they present have been known for years--a fact we alluded to as far back as 1997. Browsers accept certificates as trusted in that they have the signing CA certificate in their local browser store. Browsers do not check that a particular CA is authorized to actually issue a particular server certificate. The trust is universal. That is why the attacks on DigiNotar, GlobalSign and Comodo are so serious and have global impact.Verisign Studies: Externally Managed DNS Improves Uptime; DDoS Hits Two-Thirds Of U.S. Organizations
May 10, 2011 10:32 AM
Organizations that outsource DNS management to specialized service providers experience half the downtime of those that manage DNS internally or rely on their ISPs, according to a study commissioned by Verisign. And, in another report, a Verisign survey showed that nearly two-thirds of the responding companies experienced distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, although more than 80% of them have some sort of DDoS protection, either on premises or through a service provider.Tenuous Chains Of Trust In Digital Certificates
March 24, 2011 12:00 PM
Hot on the heels of RSA suffering an attack of unknown origin and resulting in a loss of unknown data with an unknown impact, news that certificate authority Comodo issued nine fraudulent certificates that browser vendors and OS vendors have had to issue a patch for highlights the fragility of the security systems that protect your data in transit across the Internet. In Comodo's case, neither the root CA nor any of Comodo's systems were compromised, according to its own incident report. Rather, one of its customers, a registration authority, was compromised. It appears the compromise was quickly caught and Comodo started working with vendors to get a fix in place. It's time to once again question whom we trust and why.Dear RSA, Trust Is Earned Every Day--You're Not Earning It Today
March 22, 2011 09:00 AM
Trust is earned every day, and in information security, your customers' trust is easy to lose and hard to earn back. RSA had a breach with unknown ramifications. RSA Chairman Art Coviello's cryptic notice, and RSA's relative silence since then, is not helping customers feel confident in SecurID as a product or RSA as a company. Just look at what's happening on Twitter for gems like this: "Dear #RSA, open your pants and show us the problem, or we will never trust you again."Symantec Adds VeriSign Services To Protection Center Management Platform
January 20, 2011 04:29 PM
Symantec has announced the integration of VeriSign authentication products into Protection Center, its platform for unified management, intelligence and automation of Symantec and third-party partner security tools. The announcement means that users will be able to manage VeriSign Managed PKI, VeriSign Managed PKI for SSL and VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Authentication Service from a single console.Qualys Adds Two-Factor Authentication To Service
October 18, 2010 08:57 AM
Qualys is now providing two-factor authentication technology to its vulnerability management service customers for free. The software-as-a-service offering is Symantec's VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Authentication Service. Symantec completed its acquisition of VeriSign in August. The VIP Authentication Service is software that is installed on a device, such as a desktop or laptop computer or a smartphone. The user enters a username and password, after which the software generates a six-digit code for the user to enter to provide access.Mistaken Identity: The Meaning Of The Symantec-VeriSign Deal
May 21, 2010 11:21 AM
Symantec's decision to spend $1.28 billion on acquiring VeriSign's identity and authentication business drew strong praise from technology analysts, but left some business-side thinkers wondering about the long term benefits of the acquisition. The deal will give Symantec VeriSign's Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificate Services, the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Services, the VeriSign Trust Services and the VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Authentication Service. The iDefense unit stays with VeriSign. The move comes just a few weeks after Symantec announced its intent to purchase PGP and GuardianEdge Technologies.RSA and VeriSign Team Up On Cloud-Based, Two-Factor Authentication Offering
October 09, 2009 09:24 AM
Technical and sales partnership of two "best-in-class" authentication providers broadens options for customers by enabling the VeriSign(R) Identity Protection Authentication Service to support RSA SecurID(R) OTP credentialsDaily Spin: Switches: When Speed Isn't Enough
March 21, 2006 10:37 PM
Testing switches is in many ways Network Computing's bread and butter, as our recent review of Layer 2/3 data center switches shows. But as speed and throughput becomes a commodity,IBM Announces ID Management Services
February 15, 2006 06:50 PM
IBM has launched an identity management package that builds on a new Information Security Framework, the company announced Tuesday. (Courtesy: TechWeb)1 | 2 | Next Page »
