Security News

Venafi and DigiCert machine identity protection partnership delivers new solution for enterprise PKI
2018-12-11 01:30

Venafi and DigiCert unveiled a new integration that simplifies and automates complex machine identity programs for the demanding, security-conscious organizations. The combined solution enables...

DigiCert works with its partners to move past Google’s distrust of Symantec TLS certificates
2018-11-08 02:30

DigiCert has executed a transfer of online trust, marked by the stable release of Chrome 70 that signals the end of Google’s Symantec root distrust plan. In the year since acquiring Symantec’s...

Vast Majority of Symantec Certificates Already Replaced: DigiCert
2018-03-15 12:35

Less than 1% of the top 1 million websites have yet to replace Symantec-issued certificates before major browsers distrust them, DigiCert announced this week. Last year, DigiCert bought the...

23,000 Digital Certificates Revoked in DigiCert-Trustico Spat
2018-03-01 14:52

Certificate Authority (CA) DigiCert on Wednesday announced the en-masse revocation of more than 23,000 HTTPS certificates after certificate reseller Trustico sent over the private keys for those...

DigiCert Addresses Mozilla's Concerns on Symantec CA Acquisition
2017-11-01 14:13

DigiCert has addressed the concerns raised by Mozilla and others regarding the company’s acquisition of Symantec’s certificate business after some web browser vendors announced that certificates...

Mozilla Raises Concerns Over DigiCert Acquiring Symantec CA
2017-10-31 14:32

Mozilla has raised some concerns regarding DigiCert acquiring Symantec’s website security and related public key infrastructure (PKI) solutions after major web browser vendors announced that...

Symantec to Sell Certificate Business to DigiCert for $950 Million (Security Week)
2017-08-03 09:39

After reaching an agreement with Google regarding penalties for misissued digital certificates, Symantec announced on Wednesday that it has made a deal with DigiCert to sell its website security...

DigiCert to acquire Symantec’s website security business (Help Net Security)
2017-08-03 07:50

Under the terms of the agreement, Symantec will receive approximately $950 million in upfront cash proceeds and approximately a 30 percent stake in the common stock equity of the DigiCert business...

DigiCert Offers Continuous Monitoring of Digital Certificates to Defeat Fraud (Threatpost)
2015-04-14 16:26

It’s an interesting time for certificate authorities. On the one hand, interest has never been higher in Web encryption, privacy and transport security, thanks to Edward Snowden. But on the other...