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What is a Digital Certificate?

A digital certificate is the credential that lets a browser, device, or person confirm who they are really talking to online, the same way a passport confirms identity at a border. If you have ever seen the padlock icon next to a website’s address, a digital certificate is what put
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SSL Support Team October 26, 2026

The Trust Briefing October 2026

Issue 7 | October 2026 This month:  Leo Grove, SSL President and CEO, introduces the DIgital Trust Platform (DTP), AI-powered trust infrastructure.  Plus: If a hacker group can embarrass the FBI, what could it do to your organization? From the Desk of Leo Grove, SSL President and CEO Twenty-five years
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The SSL Team October 22, 2026

What Is Certificate Pinning?

What is Certificate Pinning? Chrome deprecated HTTP Public Key Pinning (HPKP), the web standard that allowed sites to define public-key pins, in 2018 and removed support entirely with Chrome 72 in 2019. Certificate pinning has continued to be used in mobile apps and API clients, and shorter certificate lifetimes are
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SSL Support Team October 5, 2026

SSL/TLS Handshake: Ensuring Secure Online Interactions

Whenever we visit a website, make an online purchase, or check our email, data is transmitted back and forth between our devices and remote servers. This exchange of information over the internet raises an important question: how do we know our data is secure from prying eyes? The answer lies
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SSL Support Team September 29, 2026

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