Insights that help security teams make better decisions.

PKI as a service explained: how a managed private CA works, public vs private PKI, cloud PKI models compared, evaluation criteria and an ADCS migration plan.

47-day TLS certificates explained: the CA/B Forum SC-081 timeline (200, 100, 47 days), DCV reuse limits, renewal math and a 6- and 12-month preparation plan.

Crypto agility explained: NIST's definition, a ready-to-adapt crypto agility policy, what a crypto agility platform must do, KPIs and a 5-level maturity model.

Compare Microsoft 365 Double Key Encryption (DKE) and Customer Key: who holds the keys, what Microsoft can decrypt, and when each model fits your programme.

A close reading of FINMA Guidance 05/2026: the survey of 60 institutions, the five recommendations, and a three-phase work plan with board deliverables for mid-2027.

How Snowflake Tri-Secret Secure works, how to register and activate a CMK, what revocation does, and how DuoKey XKS keeps your key outside AWS.

Move the Oracle TDE master key off the database host with an HSM-type PKCS#11 keystore: setup, rekey, auto-login, CDB/PDB notes and ORA- error fixes.

TDE with EKM encrypts SQL Server files and backups; Always Encrypted hides columns from the engine. Threat models, limits and external key setup compared.

How OpenBao auto-unseal works, which seal to pick (cloud KMS, Transit, static key, HSM via PKCS#11) and a step-by-step PKCS#11 setup with DuoKey, including Kubernetes and Shamir migration.