Insights and Outlooks from the Digital Identity Market Leader

SHA-1 has been in the news (again). We’ve all known that the SHA-1 hash function is cryptographically weak. In fact, CSS has been pointing out the weaknesses of SHA-1 for years now. Time's Up for SHA-1, CSS' Suggested Migration Pa [...]

Are You Ready for the Move to SHA-2? Is your business ready for SHA-1 deprecation? The timelines for the move to SHA-2 are looming, and deprecation is fast-approaching. Explained by InfoWorld, SHA-1 was once considered secure, but [...]

By now, you may have already heard that Microsoft will start deprecating trust in certificates with SHA-1 signatures in 2016. In our view, this is a prudent move by Microsoft. We've long known that SHA-1 was weakening, and showing [...]

As many know, the cryptographic hash function known as Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1) has been deemed weak by NIST, and is no longer recommended. The NSA addressed the weaknesses in SHA-1 by publishing the SHA-2 hash function sta [...]

SHA-1 is a widely adopted hash algorithm that can no longer be considered trustworthy. Current PKI design analysts must weigh the benefits of implementing SHA-2 verses the compatibility problems associated with its adoption. This [...]