Certificate expiry stories
From 398 to 200 Days: Understanding the TLS Certificate Lifespan Reduction
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firewalls
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devops
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network security
TLS certificate lifespans are halving to 200 days from today, forcing organisations to automate renewals or risk costly outages.
AppViewX touts 302% ROI as SSL certificates shrink
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firewalls
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devops
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hybrid cloud
AppViewX claims 302% ROI and USD $3.9m in benefits from automated SSL/TLS certificate management as lifespans head towards 47 days.
Legacy PKI leaves APAC exposed to outages, breaches
Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
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devops
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digital transformation
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encryption
Legacy PKI and manual certificate management leave APAC firms exposed to outages, cyber risks and compliance failures, CyberArk warns.
Automation vital as TLS certificate lifespans shrink
Wed, 14th Jan 2026
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virtualisation
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firewalls
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devops
TLS lifespans will shrink to 47 days by 2029, making manual renewals unworkable and turning certificate outages into routine disruption.
Microsoft patches zero-day, kills legacy Windows drivers
Wed, 14th Jan 2026
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mdm
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risk & compliance
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cybersecurity
Microsoft's first 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes an exploited DWM zero-day, strips decades-old modem drivers and tackles Secure Boot risks.
Certificate expiry in enterprise IT: Putting an end to fear
Wed, 26th Jul 2023
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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microsoft
Certificates have become the stealth companion to our online world. But failing to manage them effectively can be more costly than a data breach.
DigiCert & ServiceNow team up to integrate certificate lifecycle management
Fri, 2nd Oct 2020
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cybersecurity
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servicenow
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digicert
DigiCert and ServiceNow are collaborating on a new way to bring certificate management within the ServiceNow platform.
DigiCert conquers Google's distrust of Symantec certs
Wed, 12th Dec 2018
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quantum computing
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google
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symantec
DigiCert has successfully restored trust for its Symantec security certificates after Google's automatic distrust.
Mozilla delays distrust of Symantec TLS certificates
Mon, 15th Oct 2018
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symantec
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mozilla
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certificate expiry
Mozilla has delayed its distrust of all Symantec security certificates – because so many businesses have failed to do anything about the problem.
What happens when encryption and security certificates go awry?
Tue, 27th Mar 2018
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encryption
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key management
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certificate expiry
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have warned that compromised certificates in a PKI environment can lead to data breaches.
INTERVIEW: What Google's decision to distrust Symantec certificates means
Wed, 21st Feb 2018
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devops
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apm
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cybersecurity
Last year Chrome announced a formal plan to remove trust from Symantec-issued certificates - Venafi's Walter Goulet discusses the implications.
Malicious Reddit clone fooling users into giving away logins
Thu, 8th Feb 2018
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martech
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cybersecurity
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software development
A simple typo is taking users to a seemingly secure Reddit clone that is actually stealing their login details - we have commentary from two experts.
LinkedIn's outage blunder left users exposed and was 'easily preventable'
Fri, 1st Dec 2017
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encryption
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martech
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breach prevention
LinkedIn went down yesterday in countries across the world due to an SSL certificate expiry, leaving some users' data at risk with no encryption.