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 …
Trusted certificates make phishing websites appear valid
There has been a rampant growth of look-alike domains, which are often used to steal sensitive data from online shoppers. Venafi analyzed suspicious domains targeting 20 major …
Venafi Machine Identity Protection Platform integrates with F5 BIG-IQ
Venafi, the leading provider of machine identity protection, announced that F5 Networks has built native integration capabilities for the Venafi Machine Identity Protection …
Should social media organizations be subject to strict privacy regulation?
80% of IT security professionals agree that more security and privacy legislation is needed, especially for social media organizations that store personal data. However, …
Venafi guarantees elimination of certificate-related outages within complex architectures
Venafi, the leading provider and inventor of machine identity protection, announced at Black Hat USA 2019 the industry’s first no-outage guarantee. Combining the power of the …
