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SSH machine identities are critical to digital transformation strategies, as they authenticate privileged access between machines and are ubiquitous across enterprise networks. While CIOs say they are concerned about the security risks SSH machine identities pose, survey data indicates they seriously underestimate the scope of these risks. To better understand the scale of this problem, […]
Continue ReadingThoma Bravo announced the completion of its strategic growth investment in Venafi. “We are thrilled to partner with Thoma Bravo at a time when companies around the world are realizing that the foundation of security for all digital transformation initiatives is a solid machine identity management program,” said Jeff Hudson, CEO of Venafi. “Thoma Bravo’s […]
Continue ReadingThe machine identity attack surface is exploding, with a rapid increase in all types of machine identity-related security events in 2018 and 2019, according to Venafi. For example, the number of reported machine identity-related cyberattacks grew by over 400% during this two-year period. “We have seen machine use skyrocket in organizations over the last five […]
Continue ReadingCheckmarx provides automated security scans within GitHub repositories Checkmarx announced a new GitHub Action to bring comprehensive, automated static and open source security testing to developers. It integrates the company’s application security testing (AST) solutions – Checkmarx SAST (CxSAST) and Checkmarx SCA (CxSCA) – directly with GitHub code scanning, giving developers more flexibility and power […]
Continue ReadingVenafi announced the debut of Venafi Zero Touch PKI, a cloud-based, turnkey solution that delivers no-touch, fully automated modern PKI. With Venafi Zero Touch PKI, users can eliminate the effort, expense and risk of traditional PKI, while still providing the speed and control enterprises need to be successful. “Due to the rise of remote working, […]
Continue ReadingBeginning September 1st, all publicly trusted TLS certificates must have a lifespan of 398 days or less. According to security experts from Venafi, this latest change is another indication that machine identity lifetimes will continue to shrink. Since many organizations lack the automation capabilities necessary to replace certificates with short lifespans at machine scale and […]
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