Lots of discussions about complex topics start with the premise that there are two types of people. That’s where Symantec’s Chief Technology Officer Hugh Thompson began his discussion on the challenges facing the security industry. He began his entertaining security keynote at this year’s CeBIT event in Sydney telling the…
As browsers move away from unsecured HTTP, SSL certification has become an increasingly more public topic. Free services such as Let’s Encrypt simplify the process of acquiring certificates, but the likes of Symantec still offer pay-for options if it makes you feel better. Except it shouldn’t, as security researcher Hanno…
Virtual private networks (VPNs) have existed for years, both as a legitimate tool for business users to make secure connections to their corporate networks remotely and for consumers to circumvent geo-blocking on overseas content websites like Netflix. People also use VPNs to encrypt their traffic when pirating copyrighted content. Now…
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