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Beyond Basics: Optimising Certificate Lifecycle Management for Future Security

Cyber Security, SSL CertificatesWritten by Louis LimMarch 26, 2025

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is a necessity in today’s digital-first world. Organisations leverage on Digital Certificates to secure their networks, safeguard sensitive data, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. As we move forward, having a PKI is beyond just issuing and renewing certificates, an organisation must have the capability to manage the whole lifecycle of each individual certificate. The Growing Importance

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What is a Hardware Security Module (HSM)?

Cyber SecurityWritten by Louis LimAugust 7, 2024

In today’s digital age, securing sensitive data cannot be overstated. From financial institutions to government agencies, protecting information from unauthorised access is crucial. One of the most robust tools in the arsenal of cybersecurity is the Hardware Security Module (HSM). But what exactly is an HSM, and how does it safeguard critical data? Moreover, how does it differ from Key Management

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Email Encryption from Then to Now

Cyber SecurityWritten by Louis LimOctober 12, 2022

Security Existence From Before – In ancient times, mails were encrypted by way of sealing wax as this not only protected the integrity of the mail, but also for tamper-proofing. A cracked seal would indicate a compromise of the document before reaching the intended recipient. In addition to the function of the wax seal, it was utilized as a source of

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Addressing the Security Gaps of Microsoft CA

Addressing the Security Gaps of Microsoft CA (ADCS)

Cyber SecurityWritten by Louis LimJuly 6, 2022

In today’s Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) field, it is common to see organizations leverage on Microsoft Certificate Authority (CA) to build their internal PKI System. However, a lot of organizations are not aware of the security gaps that Microsoft brings to the table and what are the issues that might bring to them. In this blog, we will discuss the security

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The Importance of Certificate Management

Cyber Security, SSL CertificatesWritten by Louis LimNovember 24, 2021

Certificate management catches faulty, misconfigured, and expired certificates, then performs the following processes: Creating Purchasing Storing Disseminating Deploying Renewing Suspending Revoking Replacing A good certificate management system is capable of performing these actions for an entire certificate infrastructure, automatically and in real-time, to prevent downtime and outages. Why should organization care about Certificate Management? Many years ago, certificates are usually used

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