On December 3, 2025, local time, Let's Encrypt, which issues free TLS certificates to websites, announced that it will shorten the validity period of the certificates it issues from 90 days. The ...

TLS certificate lifespans are shrinking — first to 200 days, then to just 47. That means more frequent renewals, higher risk of outages, and tighter operational timelines. For years, organizations ...

Cloudflare is teaming up with Google on streamlining quantum security for the web. According to a blog published on Cloudflare’s website, the two firms are tackling post-quantum cryptography (PQC) for ...

Every digital transaction—checkout, login, API call—runs on a hidden foundation of millions of machine identities. Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificates, just one type of machine identity, are ...

The CA/Browser Forum's decision to reduce SSL/TLS certificate lifespans to just 47 days by 2029 is set to fundamentally change how organizations manage digital trust. While the full impact will unfold ...

In 1996, I registered my first website, Vaughan-Nichols & Associates. After setting up the site, one of the first things I did was to secure connections with a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate.

What just happened? Let's Encrypt began issuing free TLS certificates in 2015. After becoming the world's largest certificate authority, the nonprofit is now targeting niche use cases – such as ...

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