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Additional Resources
- SimpleAuthority 2.6 (Windows)
- SimpleAuthority is a Certification Authority CA that is designed to be very easy to use. It generates and manages keys and certificates for people and/or computer servers that can be used for secure email, VPN access, client/server SSL authentication and other uses. Unlike most CA products, SimpleAuthority is very easy...
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- SimpleAuthority 2.6 (Mac)
- SimpleAuthority is a Certification Authority CA that is designed to be very easy to use. It generates and manages keys and certificates that provide cryptographic digital identities for people and/or computer servers. These identities are designed to be used in other applications such as for: secure email - for...
- Software downloads 2009-11-12
- Move over Enterprise 2.0, it's now Social Business Design
- Given the relatively friendly pounding I took over my Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock post, it's gratifying to see that it has stirred some interesting interpretations and thoughts on the topic. That's always good and especially pleasing when one considers that most blog posts are the equivalent of digital...
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
- 10 Windows XP services you should never disable
- Guest post from TechRepublic's 10 Things blog. There are dozens of guides out there that help you determine which services you can safely disable on your Windows XP desktop. Disabling unnecessary services can improve system performance and overall system security, as the system’s...
- Blog posts 2009-08-24
- News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Green tech; Laptop deals
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. FT: Apple joins forces with record labels Robin Harris: The Wintel blue light special John Morris: Sunday...
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- HITRUST to seek government certification authority
- HITRUST to seek government certification authorityHITRUST - More Than Another System CertificationThank you, Dana, for helping bring clarity to these important issues. HITRUST believes that establishing trust in our healthcare system is critical for the successful adoption of electronic health records and other health information systems. Toward this end there...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-25
- HITRUST to seek government certification authority
- Unlike CCHIT, which had asked for this authority last spring resulting in a big controversy HITRUST is not asking to be the exclusive certification authority. Only, no one else is doing the job right now, and Nutkis doesn't see why anyone would want to. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-07-24
- Why Outsourcing Your PKI Provides the Best Value: A Total Cost of Ownership Analysis
- Once one conclude that one needs a certificate to exchange information online securely, turn on the security inherent in existing applications, or authenticate to users, computers, VPN, the Web, or buildings, the next point of determination is: how can I do this cost-effectively without forfeiting quality? The answer is simple:...
- White papers 2009-07-02
- Security+ Prep Course
- View Available Dates and LocationsCompTIA's Security+ is the premier vendor-neutral security certification and is included in the approved list of certifications to meet DoD Directive 8570.1 requirements. Our Security+ courseware has received CompTIA Authorized Quality Curriculum CAQC approval. The CompTIA CAQC symbol assures you that all test...
- Training 2009-05-01
- MD5/rogue CA attack: The sky is not falling
- Guest post by John Viega Today there’s been a lot of buzz about the clever new attack on public key infrastructure from Alex Sotirov and a team of researchers.  In the attack, the bad guy ends up with his own Certification Authority CA that is...
- Blog posts 2008-12-31
- SSL broken! Hackers create rogue CA certificate using MD5 collisions
- Using computing power from a cluster of 200 PS3 game consoles and about $700 in test digital certificates, a group of hackers in the U.S. and Europe have found a way to target a known weakness in the MD5 algorithm to create a rogue Certification Authority CA, a breakthrough...
- Blog posts 2008-12-30
- A Large, Globally-Respected U.S. Federal Agency Achieves HSPD-12 Compliance With VeriSign Managed PKI Services
- One of the largest U.S. federal agencies is responsible for regular identity verification and authentication checks of its 90,000 employees and contractors under Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 (HSPD-12) that was adopted in August 2004. HSPD-12 contains a stringent set of requirements concerning validation for all federal employees and contractors. These...
- Case studies 2008-12-22
- IT failures town hall: Jan 7 (via phone conference)
- Weather Update 1/7/09: Due to the coming snow storm and our concern for your safety, the town hall will be held via phone conference. The dial-in phone information will be emailed to everyone who registered. If you haven't registered and would like to attend the phone call click here. The...
- Blog posts 2008-12-12
- UTI Systems Protects Mission Critical PKIs With nCipher nShield
- Based in Bucharest, Romania, UTI Systems is one of Romania's oldest and largest information technology service providers. In 2002, UTI began building a Public Key Infrastructure PKI for a government ministry using a UTI certification authority software solution called certSAFE. The ministry planned to use the PKI to secure email...
- Case studies 2008-12-12
- Let's be smart about patching databases
- * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Slavik Markovich Every quarter, around the time of the Oracle Critical Patch Update CPU or the Microsoft "Patch Tuesday," rituals take place â€" some behind closed doors, others in the media. Web sites report of the...
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- LightCA 1.2 (Windows)
- A simple Certification Authority. You can create the certification authority key pair, other certificates, requests and revocations lists. This program needs the openssl package for Windows, downloadable at this address.
- Software downloads 2008-12-02
- Microsoft Certifications at the Core of Successful New Zealand IT Skills Training Program
- AMES trains aspiring IT workers of all ages, offering both diploma and certification programs that are benchmarked against international certification standards and approved by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority. When it began in New Zealand in 1992, the Aotearoa Mature Employment Service Trust AMES had a relatively simple goal: to...
- Case studies 2008-12-01
- Gold Certified Partner Presents Team With Certificate Services Upgrade
- The Henson Group wanted a solution that would check the health of a growing number of roaming and mobile devices without requiring a team member to check a device every time it entered the network. Managing user identities and access to information, monitoring heterogeneous devices, consolidating identities because of system...
- Case studies 2008-03-12
- ADACOM Undertakes the Public Project for the Development of the Certification Practice Statement and Certification Policy for the Use of PKI in the Electronic Applications of the Greek Taxation Authority
- General Secretariat of Information Systems GSIS is responsible for the development and operation of all the crucial Information Systems supporting the Greek Ministry of Economic and Finance. Currently, the most important implemented projects are TAXIS for the taxation, TaxisNet for the online service of the taxpayers and enterprises, and ICISnet...
- Case studies 2007-09-05
- Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Certificate-Based Authentication Tool 06.05.7940 (Windows)
- The Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Certificate-Based authentication tool provides several utilities to assist an Exchange administrator in configuring and validating client certificate authentication for Exchange Server ActiveSync. These utilities include: A tool to assist the administrator in configuring certificate enrollment for mobile devices connecting to Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack...
- Software downloads 2007-08-30
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