Machine identity related cyberattacks grew by 433% between 2018 and 2019
The machine identity attack surface is exploding, with a rapid increase in all types of machine identity-related security events in 2018 and 2019, according to Venafi. For …
New infosec products of the week: October 9, 2020
Checkmarx provides automated security scans within GitHub repositories Checkmarx announced a new GitHub Action to bring comprehensive, automated static and open source …
Venafi Zero Touch PKI: Eliminating the effort, expense and risk of traditional PKI
Venafi announced the debut of Venafi Zero Touch PKI, a cloud-based, turnkey solution that delivers no-touch, fully automated modern PKI. With Venafi Zero Touch PKI, users can …
Reduced lifespan of TLS certificates could cause increase in outages
Beginning September 1st, all publicly trusted TLS certificates must have a lifespan of 398 days or less. According to security experts from Venafi, this latest change is …
Malware attacks abusing machine identities grew 8x over the last 10 years
Commodity malware campaigns utilizing machine identities are increasing rapidly, according to threat analysis from Venafi. For example, malware attacks using machine …
CIOs are apprehensive about interruptions due to expired machine identities
TLS certificates act as machine identities, safeguarding the flow of sensitive data to trusted machines. With the acceleration of digital transformation, the number of machine …
Can we safeguard the election infrastructure from cyber attacks?
70 percent of security professionals believe their local governments cannot adequately safeguard the election infrastructure against domestic and international cyber attacks. …
Venafi acquires Jetstack to bring together developer speed and enterprise security
Venafi, the inventor and leading provider of machine identity protection, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Jetstack, a global leader in open source machine identity …
What is driving the machine identity crisis?
Every machine needs a unique identity in order to authenticate itself and communicate securely with other machines. This requirement is radically changing the definition of …
Only 54% of security pros have a written policy on length and randomness for keys for machine identities
People rely on usernames and passwords to identify themselves to machines so they can gain access to data and services. Machines also need to authenticate themselves to each …
Venafi sponsors three new developers from its Machine Identity Protection Development Fund
Venafi, the inventor and leading provider of machine identity protection, announced direct sponsorship of three new developers from its Machine Identity Protection Development …
Most DevOps pros feel proper certificate issuance policies slow them down
75% of DevOps professionals are concerned that policies for issuing certificates slow down development, and over a third (39%) believe developers should be able to circumvent …
