Security News

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...