SSL/TLS certificates are critical to ensure data security, authenticity, and integrity in transit. They help prevent a whole range of attacks such as eavesdropping, impersonation, man-in-the-middle, phishing attacks, and so on. But what about the security of these certificates and their keys? By implementing SSL/TLS best practices, you can secure your digital certificates and keys effectively.
This article has put together important SSL/TLS certificate best practices to help you protect your organization and digital assets.
Why Take the Security of Digital Certificates and Keys Seriously?
Attackers know encryption tunnel blind spots like stolen/ lost private keys, certificate vulnerabilities, implementation failures, etc. exist. These encryption tunnel blind spots make the attackers’ job easy; hence, they target digital certificates and keys.
When they have access to stolen, forged, or unused certificates or gain access to private keys, they gain a trusted status. They could,…