PKI Insights Recap – Strengthening Security in Banking & Finance with PKI

Financial institutions rely on trust, security, and compliance to protect transactions, customer data, and business operations. However, a growing number of organizations are unaware of how new regulations will impact them. During our February PKI Insights webinar, we conducted a poll and found that 75% of attendees had never heard of DORA (Digital Operational Resilience […]

Preparing for Microsoft’s Strong Certificate Mapping Enforcement – What You Need to Know

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Microsoft’s recent update, released on February 11, 2025, significantly changed certificate-based authentication by introducing Strong Certificate Mapping. This update is designed to reduce the risk of credential escalation by enforcing stricter mapping requirements for certificates used in authentication. Ensuring compliance in organizations that rely on certificate-based authentication is necessary and vital for preventing authentication failures and costly […]

Comparing PKI Spotlight vs. CLM and Security Tools for PKI Monitoring and Management

Update Feb 21, 2025: This blog post has been updated to include Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) tools such as Venafi, KeyFactor, and AppViewX, as well as Rapid7 in the comparison. The expanded coverage provides a more comprehensive look at how different solutions interact with PKI and their monitoring capabilities. Introduction Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is […]