We talk about botnets a lot, but not everyone understands how they are built and used by the criminals who control them or how headless IoT devices have greatly added to their power. Expert guest Alan Grau (VP of IoT and Embedded Security, Sectigo) joins us to help dissect today's botnets.

Root Causes 42: Anatomy of a Botnet

A recent FBI warning cautions of attacks that circumvent Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Join us as we describe contemporary attacks against MFA and how to defend against them.

Root Causes 48: Weaknesses in MFA Authentication

2019 has been an eventful year for PKI. In this episode, first in a series of four lookbacks at the year, our hosts discuss how governments sought to control encryption, certificates, and public trust in 2019.

Root Causes 53: 2019 Lookback - Governments Try to Control PKI

Certificate Transparency (CT) is a recent and important development in  the world of SSL certificates. Popular browsers require trusted CAs to log all SSL certificates to publicly available CT Logs. Join our hosts to find out how various parties are using CT Logs to learn about CA behavior and SSL usage patterns and to improve the overall quality of public trust.

Root Causes 59: What Is Certificate Transparency?

CAA, which stands for CA Authentication, is the capability for the domain name owner to specify in DNS which CAs are allowed to issue SSL certificates for a specific domain. Join us to learn more about CAA, including how it works and its potential benefits to businesses.

Root Causes 63: What Is CAA?

The phrase "identity is the new perimeter" has gained in use of late, reflecting the reality that today's modern enterprise architecture is a mix of traditional and cloud, owned and rented and BYOD, all together in a complex mix. Under those circumstances identity is key to determine which digital entities have which permissions.  But what do we mean when we say identity?  Join our hosts as they explain the concepts behind digital identity, how they compare to our offline ideas around identity, and how these ideas shape computer security.

Root Causes 64: What Is Digital Identity?

Digital certificate industry veterans Tim Callan and Jason Soroko explore the issues surrounding digital identity, PKI, and cryptographic connections in today's dynamic and evolving computing world. Best practices in digital certificates are continually under pressure from technology trends, new laws and regulations, cryptographic advances, and the evolution of our computing architectures to be more virtual, agile, ubiquitous, and cloud-based. Jason and Tim (and the occasional guest subject matter expert) will help you stay current on developments in this essential technology platform and to understand the whys and wherefores of popular Public Key Infrastructures.