Recently, popular business and employment service LinkedIn allowed one of their SSL/TLS certificates to expire before renewing. This left users with a certificate error when navigating around LinkedIn posts. Causing much user confusion, it quickly became the object of Tweets and online articles. Though brief, the certificate downtime clearly caused negative publicity for LinkedIn, a […]
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4 must-haves for your online privacy
Opinion Piece The Digital Age is marked by incredible advancements in technology. Never has it been easier to access information, whether for business or leisure. Unfortunately, many feel the Digital Age is also marked by a near-total loss of privacy. Almost no one wants to live in a society where the government monitors everything they […]
EV SSL Certificates
Maximum Security, Maximum Trust. HTTPS is more important than ever with hackers and phishers becoming increasingly skilled at their trade. Only a HTTPS secured site will rank highly in web browser SEO (Search Engine Optimization). With the recent Google 7.0 update, non-HTTPS (HTTP) sites will show as unsecure with a visual warning showing if a […]
Safe by Default – Google’s new web security policy
The ‘Secure’ icon on HTTPS web pages has been removed by Google with the padlock soon to follow. Additionally, all HTTP pages will be marked as “not secure”, as Google aims to create a web that is safe by default. Previously, Chrome displayed a padlock and “Secure” in green letters for HTTPS secured sites, as HTTP was still widely implemented […]