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Why 47-Day SSL Certificates Will Break Legacy Discovery Tools
The 47-day certificate era is coming - and your #discovery tools are about to break. ⏳🔒 Nearly all security and infrastructure teams know about Ballot SC-081v3 passed by the CA/Browser Forum: • March 15, 2026: Validity capped at 200 days • March 15, 2027: Ceiling drops to 100 days • March 15, 2029: Mandatory 47-day max lifespan We talk often about auto-renewals, but we aren't talking enough about discovery. If your discovery strategy relies on active network port scans run m
Brian Couzens
Aug 182 min read


DigiCert's 2026 Quantum Readiness Outlook
Every week I see organisations announcing their Post-Quantum Cryptography strategy. Strategies. Roadmaps. Working groups. Steering committees. Pilot programmes. Then along comes some actual data. DigiCert's 2026 Quantum Readiness Outlook surveyed 1,001 IT and cybersecurity decision-makers across the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. 87% say they are planning, testing or implementing PQC. Only 7% have deployed quantum-safe or hybrid cryptography across most of their
Brian Couzens
Jul 272 min read
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