In our second of three episodes on the topic, we scrutinize arguments make for and against QWACs, this time focused on "governance and sovereignty."
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State and local government institutions face escalating cyber risks in 2026 due to limited budgets, understaffed IT teams, expanding digital footprints, and aging infrastructure. As attack surfaces grow and SSL/TLS certificate lifespans shrink toward 47 days, manual security processes become unsustainable. Strengthening cybersecurity requires a strategic shift toward Zero Trust, automation, and especially automated certificate lifecycle management (CLM). By improving visibility, ensuring timely certificate renewals, securing hybrid environments, and supporting crypto agility, automation enables governments to protect sensitive data, maintain essential services, and build long-term cyber resilience.
Around 72% of companies have experienced a certificate-related outage in the past two years. Certificate outages happen when digital certificates expire or become invalid, causing security and operational issues.
Security Debt: The risk you didn’t budget for
As a follow up to our episode 546, we break down the first of three sets of arguments about QWACs and examine their level of validity.
You may have heard of side channel attacks. Now Jason explains what a side oracle attack is and how a side oracle attack in conjunction with AI could be effective against the HQC or Falcon PQC algorithms.
One of the NIST Round 3 PQC finalists that was never selected or eliminated is Classic McEliece. In this episode we explain in non-math terms how this algorithm works.
Continuing our examination of AI in 1000 days, we discuss the use of finely tuned small language models for highly specific use cases.
We discuss what happens when the quality gap between AI-generated and human-generated content drops to zero. We explore the consequences of this inevitable outcome.
How Certificate Automation Secures Transport and Logistics Organizations in the 47-Day SSL Era
Transport and logistics organizations face rising cyber threats, complex global infrastructures, and growing reliance on SSL/TLS certificates to secure critical operations. As certificate lifespans shrink to just 47 days by 2029, manual certificate management becomes unsustainable, increasing the risk of outages, supply chain disruptions, and security breaches. Automated Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) helps T&L organizations maintain uptime, reduce human error, strengthen zero-trust security, and stay resilient in the face of escalating threats and regulatory pressure.
Modernizing your Digital Certificate Operations to Achieve Crypto Agility: Where to Start and How to Move Forward
The CA/Browser Forum’s decision to shorten certificate lifespans from 398 days to 47 days marks a new era of digital security. Combined with the looming quantum threat and NIST’s post-quantum cryptography standards, organizations must act now to achieve crypto agility. Manual certificate management is no longer sustainable, automation is the only path forward. Sectigo Certificate Manager delivers visibility, lifecycle automation, and compliance-ready controls to help enterprises adapt quickly, prevent outages, and stay secure in a post-quantum world.
In our ongoing series on what AI will look like in 1000 days, we discuss the spread of a new business process, where AIs do the bulk of the work while humans sit in the loop for certain specific tasks and roles.
Following up on our list of top 5 PQC vanguards, in this episode we detail the top 5 PQC laggards.
We describe the top five technology categories that are on the vanguard of driving PQC adoption. We describe what these categories have in common and how that results in early adoption of post quantum cryptography.
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