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Identity security report highlights AI's growing role
Ransomware

Identity security report highlights AI's growing role

A recent report from Delinea reveals that nearly half of security leaders prioritise safeguarding credentials as identity threats surge ahead of 2025.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 17th Jan 2025
New course launched to enhance TPM skills for developers
Data Protection

New course launched to enhance TPM skills for developers

A new course titled 'Trusted Computing 1102: Intermediate TPM Usage' has been launched to enhance the TPM skills of software developers and students.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 17th Oct 2024
Venafi release aids security teams with machine identity management
Venafi

Venafi release aids security teams with machine identity management

Venafi introduces Firefly, the only lightweight machine identity issuer for highly distributed, cloud native environments.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Wed, 19th Apr 2023
Venafi's TLS Protect for Kubernetes secures machine identities
Virtualisation

Venafi's TLS Protect for Kubernetes secures machine identities

Venafi has launched TLS Protect for Kubernetes, enabling secure management of machine identities in multi-cloud and multi-cluster Kubernetes environments.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 26th Jan 2023
Venafi's cloud-native machine identity management on VMware
IT Automation

Venafi's cloud-native machine identity management on VMware

Integration of Venafi's control plane for machine identity management into Tanzu Service Mesh makes it easier to enable multi-cloud, multi-cluster security.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Thu, 26th Jan 2023
Cert-manager graduates to CNCF incubation programme
Cloud Security

Cert-manager graduates to CNCF incubation programme

Cert-manager, the standard for TLS machine identity management in cloud native services, multi-cluster environments, achieves key maturity milestone.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Fri, 21st Oct 2022
Cyberwar a growing concern for organisations - Venafi
Advanced Persistent Threat Protection

Cyberwar a growing concern for organisations - Venafi

Venafi's research reveals growing use of machine identities in state-sponsored cyber attacks amid increasing geopolitical tensions.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 26th Aug 2022
Digital transformation drives rise of machine identities
EduTech

Digital transformation drives rise of machine identities

Digital transformation is driving an average of 42% annual growth in the number of machine identities, according to a new study from Venafi.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 13th Apr 2022
In data we trust - or do we? The human-machine relationship examined
Data Analytics

In data we trust - or do we? The human-machine relationship examined

As a society, we have all individually developed significant yet quiet relationships over the past decade, many of us without even realising it.

By Paul Leahy • 3 min read • Wed, 24th Nov 2021
Rise of the machine identities
DevOps

Rise of the machine identities

Bots and infrastructure-as-code automation are common additions to the business landscape, and their explosion has not gone unnoticed by threat actors.

By Jim Cook • 5 min read • Mon, 11th Oct 2021
Machine identities increasingly exploited, new research finds
Malware

Machine identities increasingly exploited, new research finds

Malware attacks exploiting machine identities have doubled between 2018 and 2019, says Venafi. Machine-identity-based attacks grew eightfold in the past decade.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 11th Aug 2020
CIOs put too much trust in TLS certificates - survey
DevOps

CIOs put too much trust in TLS certificates - survey

Despite the prolific usage of TLS certificates within organisations, many CIOs aren't concerned about security risks associated with TLS machine identities.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Fri, 3rd Jul 2020
Unprotected machine identities costing firms billions - report
Cybersecurity

Unprotected machine identities costing firms billions - report

Poorly protected machine identities are costing firms between USD $51 billion and USD $72 billion globally, according to a report by Venafi and AIR Worldwide.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 3rd Mar 2020
Four mistakes that can plague PKI administrators
Venafi

Four mistakes that can plague PKI administrators

These mistakes increase security risks and negatively impact the reliability and availability of business-critical network resources, Venafi has found.

By Kevin Bocek • 3 min read • Tue, 17th Dec 2019
75% of DevOps professionals say certificate issuance policies slow them down
DevOps

75% of DevOps professionals say certificate issuance policies slow them down

Less than half of DevOps professionals believe developers always request certificates that serve as machine identities through authorised channels.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 16th Dec 2019
Venafi announces guarantee for no certificate-related outages
Venafi

Venafi announces guarantee for no certificate-related outages

Eliminating certificate-related outages within complex, multi-tiered architectures can feel like an impossible effort.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 14th Aug 2019
Keyfactor and Thales announce integration to fight code signing cyber-attacks
DevOps

Keyfactor and Thales announce integration to fight code signing cyber-attacks

Keyfactor and Thales join forces to combat increasing code signing cyber-attacks by integrating Keyfactor's platform with Thales' SafeNet Cloud HSM On-Demand.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 18th Jun 2019
SSL/TLS certificate marketplaces thriving on dark web - study
Identity and Access Management

SSL/TLS certificate marketplaces thriving on dark web - study

A study by Venafi reveals thriving dark web marketplaces selling SSL/TLS certificates for USD $260 to USD $1,600, enabling widespread cybercrime.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 7th Mar 2019