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 […]
Emerging Small Business Certification
I received notification recently that PKI Solutions Inc. is now a certified Oregon Tier-1 Emerging Small Business (Certificate #9320). This program is for Oregon small businesses seeking contracting opportunities for state, county and city government and special jurisdiction (e.g., hospitals and universities) contracting opportunities. More details are on the program website at http://www.oregon4biz.com/How-We-Can-Help/OMWESB/ESB/.
The Case for Tactical Two-Factor Authentication
Over the years, I’ve worked with customers as they were designing and deploying a PKI. A common step for every project was to review and assess business requirements for certificates. The goal was to determine what types of certificates would be needed in the environment. This in turns ultimately drives the design, security and operation […]
Speaking at the 2015 RSA Conference in San Francisco, CA
I just got news that I have been invited to speak at the 2015 RSA Conference in San Francisco, California as a Peer 2 Peer facilitator. The topic of the session is “Cloud Based Security and Identities: Brilliance or Madness?”. Session P2P-W02D on April 22, 9:10am. The Peer 2 Peer format is an interactive discussion […]
TechMentor Orlando 2014 Presentations Now Available
My three sessions from the recent TechMentor conference (part of 360! Live) in Orlando Florida are now available online. They are in my presentation archive here: https://dev-pki-solutions-old.pantheonsite.io//presentations/. The session topics were: Top 20 PKI Deployment Mistakes Securing Cloud Servers and Services with PKI Certificates Managing and Deploying BYOD Identity Solutions with a Microsoft PKI
Microsoft TechEd Europe – Top 10 PKI Deployment Mistakes
Today I had the pleasure of speaking at the Microsoft TechEd Europe 2014 conference in Barcelona Spain. It was an event I have been looking forward to and judging from the pre-registrations to my sessions, it was going to be a good audience. Indeed it was – over 500 registrations for the sessions and the […]
HSMs and the changing PKI Ecosystem
As I head back from the 1st annual Thales HSM User Group (HUG) conference in Chicago, I have been reflecting on the sessions and information that was shared at the conference. There is a ground swell of awareness around information protection and identity assurance. What was once the theoretical concepts of corporate espionage and dark […]