VeriSign, the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world, leads the global SSL marketplace with a 44.4 percent share, according to the latest Netcraft survey of publicly facing SSL Certificates on the Internet.
The survey found a total of 1,502,281 distinct valid SSL Certificates, 667,429 of which feature SSL Certificates provided by VeriSign and its brands.
VeriSign's market share in the June report is 44.4 percent, compared to the 38.1 percent share Netcraft assigned in May. VeriSign's share of the Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificate market also rose in June, with VeriSign brands providing 72.2 percent of the 26,387 EV SSL Certificates in use on the Internet.
According to previous announcements, a year after the acquisition of Comodo Group by Francisco Partners, on November 1 Comodo CA announced that from now on it is changing its brand to Sectigo [pronounced. sec-tee-go]. The goal of rebranding is consistency in company communication and better dedication to what Comodo is doing now.
The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA), which is the center of knowledge about cyber security in Europe, organizes as every year in October the European Cyber Security Month. The campaign is starting in a few days. What is its purpose and how can you participate in it?
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a 99-article regulation meant to protect the private data of Europeans in IT systems. Announced in 2016, covers a broad variety of topics and will go into effect as a requirement on May 25, 2018. GDPR applies to any company doing business in Europe even if it is located elsewhere.