Root Causes: A PKI and Security Podcast

Recent research reveals millions of consumer IoT devices that lack any level of authentication or encryption at all. Join our hosts as we discuss the nature of IoT-based botnets and their negative consequences on enterprises, consumers, and the internet at large, including DDoS, phishing, and more.

The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in many cases has outpaced security for those devices, leaving enterprises, end users, and the general public exposed. Learn how identity is an essential part of protecting any service involving IoT devices and how PKI is positioned to provide that identity.

It was a busy news week for PKI and authenticated identity, and our hosts run through four current stories to clarify them. Tune in to learn the latest about the Dragonblood WPA3 vulnerability, Russian spoofing of GPS/GNSS navigation signals, Know Your Customer (KYC) for social media sites, and a Chinese national's apparent attempt to install a USB rootkit somewhere in Mar-a-Lago.

With so much debate about the role and importance of authentication in digital systems, it is important to remember the purpose of authenticated identity in our cyber interactions. Join us for a discussion of who benefits from known identity, what can go wrong when identity is obscured, and why ecosystems must include incentives for members to participate in identity authentication.

S/MIME certificates indicate the authentic identity of the sender and enable encryption for message content and attachments - providing strong defenses against a variety of email-based attacks. Nonetheless, adoption today is extremely small. Find out what the challenges to past adoption have been for this underutilized security technology and what the industry is doing to help enterprises secure t...

A recently discovered flaw in common practices reveals that potentially millions of active SSL certificates fall short of cryptographic requirements. Learn how it is that 64-bit certificate serial numbers might offer only 63 bits of entropy and what CAs have to do about it.

The promise of a "free" Microsoft CA was alluring to enterprises in the 2000s, but today's increasingly open computing architectures and agile development methodology have outgrown your old fashioned Microsoft CA. Learn about the seven common use cases where your traditional CA no longer does the job.

Russia has stated that it will disconnect from the internet as a trial exercise for full-blown cyber warfare. This idea presents many problems for Russian services, systems, and businesses, especially since they depend on global systems such as DNS and public Certificate Authorities. Join us to learn some of the problems facing Russia will face if indeed it disconnects.

The pending cryptographic Quantum Apocalypse requires that we replace the hashing and encryption algorithms used through the internet, enterprise networks, mobile service, and popular devices. Join our experts to learn more about the requirements for quantum-resistant algorithms to survive the Quantum Apocalypse.

The pending cryptographic Quantum Apocalypse requires that we replace the hashing and encryption algorithms used through the internet, enterprise networks, mobile service, and popular devices. Join our experts to learn more about the requirements for quantum-resistant algorithms to survive the Quantum Apocalypse.

Australia now requires a back door to IT systems. Our hosts are skeptical that this idea will work. Join our PKI experts to learn about the dangers and pitfalls of such a system - and why they have failed in the past.

The US government shutdown has taken its toll on IT systems. Services are going offline, and we are ill equipped to deal with a major security or service crisis. Tune in to learn more about the risks of the ongoing shutdown to the government's technical infrastructure.

In December users of O2, Softbank, and other mobile services experienced a day-long data outage affecting as many as 40 million people. In the summer of 2017 148 million Americans lost their personal data in the Equifax breach. The common thread? Both occurred due to certificate expirations. Join our hosts to learn more about this trending vulnerability.

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