Emphasizing Security Best Practices; the Rise and Fall of Diginotar

Lack of attention to PKI and Key Encryption Best Practices can result in serious breaches with consequences to lives and businesses.

Between June 2011 and the end of the year, Diginotar, a Dutch Certificate Authority and wholly owned subsidiary of Vasco Data Security International, fell from a rising Euro tech star to a government takeover and subsequent bankruptcy. Diginotar had the wind in its sails; a deep-pocketed American parent, the full trust and patronage of the…

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Targeting the Extended Supply Chain – a Brief Review of Stuxnet

Peter DiToro Strategic Advisor For PKI Solutions

In November, 2010 Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that a “cyber weapon” had been deployed against the Natanz nuclear laboratory. Indeed, some infosec pundits subsequently referred to the attack, called “Stuxnet”, as the first true cyber weapon to be used in anger. While that may be debatable, what is not in question is the design,…

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