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Organizational Unit (OU) Field to be Deprecated by SSL.com

Important Announcement: The Organizational Unit (OU) Field within an SSL/TLS (website) Certificate, https://www.ssl.com/certificates/ will be deprecated effective September 1, 2022, at the request of the CA/Browser Forum.   SSL.com will discontinue the field effective August 1, 2022, in order for customers to get accustomed to the change. Why Is This Occurring? The Certificate
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SSL.com Adaptable Driver for Venafi

Managing a high volume of machine identities throughout an organization can be a challenge. As Jeff Hudson, CEO of Venafi, explains: “Often, organizations don’t understand the risks to their machine identities, despite the fact that compromised machine identities are frequently used in cyberattacks.” Venafi leads the way when it comes
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Delegated Credentials for TLS

Terminating a TLS connection requires using a certificate’s private key. As a result, the private key needs to be stored at every single server utilized by a service.  The protection of this private key’s secrecy is paramount to the smooth operation of a Public Key Infrastructure scheme. An entity in
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Business Email Compromise and S/MIME Certificates

There are a variety of scams in which attackers hack into a company’s emailing systems or create deceiving email templates in order to convince employees into transferring money to fraudulent bank accounts. Described generally as Business Email Compromise (BEC), including phishing, predatory phone calls, or general data theft. These email-based
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