Leveraging Smart Card Beyond Logons
While working with a customer recently, an interesting need came up that required me to rummage through my treasure-trove of random PKI and certificate knowledge. This was apparently so well hidden, I had to reach out to an old friend still at Microsoft to remind me what the heck it’s called! One of the things […]
CertAccord – The Genesis of a Simple Enrollment Solution for Linux
It comes as no surprise to anyone working with Microsoft products that the support and inclusion of operating systems other than Windows is often a second thought – if best. No where is this more prevalent than with Certificate Services – one of the most common questions during the design and deployment is “Well Mark, […]
Announcing Joint Venture and Beta of CertAccord Enterprise
I am pleased to announce that a joint venture I helped start (Revocent Inc) is now beta testing CertAccord Enterprise which extends Microsoft Enterprise Certificate Authorities (CA) to Linux, Mac, and UNIX. It allows fully automated life-cycle management of X.509 certificates on Linux using Microsoft CAs. It’s simple, cost effective and will greatly reduce labor […]
Class Registration now Available
I am pleased to announce that enrollment and registration for the In-Depth and the PKI Advanced class is now available directly on our website. You can select the course, location and pay for your enrollment right here. Look for the Enroll for a Class menu under the Training menu item. You can also directly link […]
2016 Global PKI Training Schedule
We’re excited to announce our 2016 Global PKI Training Schedule for Open Enrollment classes. We are also announcing the all new Advanced PKI Training class, a hands-on lab based learning environment. The Advanced course builds on the knowledge and skills of the PKI In-Depth class and offers students the ability to get a deeper knowledge […]
The PKI CryptoGram – Edition #2
July 2015 The PKI CryptoGram #2 PKI Technology Corner Over the years I have been advocating to customers that core components in a PKI need to be both physically and logically secure. Historically this was easy to address by placing the servers, Hardware Security Modules (HSM), keyboard, monitor and all […]
The PKI CryptoGram – Edition #1
The PKI CryptoGram #1 First Edition! Welcome to the first edition of the new monthly PKI CryptoGram. We started this monthly newsletter to keep you informed about all things PKI and Active Directory Certificate Services. Each month we will highlight updates to our industry leading ADCS Hotfixes and Known Issues List, news and information in […]
Windows Server ADCS PKI Book Status – March 2015
Yes, it’s a popular topic and comes up almost every day! Brian and I are still working on the follow up to the MS Press released Windows Server 2008 PKI book. The plan was initially to target Windows Server 2012 R2 as the new OS release, but as we can all plainly see, that is […]