Is there an after one seems to wonder? Although the major hardware vendors have shipped fixes or new chips closing these vulnerabilities, new findings seem to appear every so often. One also wonders how the hardware vendors closed these vulnerabilities as some cases required a major architectural change, which could only be accomplished with new … More After Spectre and Meltdown – what now?
I have noticed lately that more and more customers start asking questions about how to implement X.509 certificates for authentication and Single Sign-On. What an interesting development!?! X.509 certificates were invented as digital identities to secure web applications, but did never really take off, because you need to set-up a quite intensive and costly administration in … More X.509 certificates are back
If you’re thinking about a decision methodology on which security measures to implement, one thought should be to look at Ease of Use versus security strengths and determine where in the down below picture your implementation fits. Unfortunately the easier the use of a security measure the less secure it ease. The more secure the … More Ease of use versus security strengths – the inversely proportional relationship
You all heard that passwords are the weakest link to attack. For end-users passwords are a nuisance to remember especially when password rules require a certain combination of letters, numbers and special signs to be used and password changes are mandated on a regular basis. You can get the “No longer fall on your end-uses … More What’s wrong with this security requirement? – Or passwords are the weakest link for attacks
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