What is SSL/TLS? SSL and TLS are protocols used on the transport layer, which is used to provide a secure connection between two nodes in a computer network. The first widely used protocol that was ...

TLS is the successor to the better-known SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption protocol; both are used to secure data communications between browsers and the destination server. The makers of the four ...

The NSA released new guidance providing system administrators with the tools to update outdated TLS protocols. The National Security Agency (NSA) is lighting a fire under system administrators who are ...

Microsoft plans to disable older versions of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol, the ubiquitous communications encryption used to protect information sent over networks and the Internet.

Microsoft has revealed that it will enforce the deprecation of the legacy Transport Layer Security (TLS) web protocols TLS 1.0 and 1.1 in Office 365 on October 15 of this year. Although the software ...

Microsoft on Tuesday warned of a "vulnerability" associated with two protocols commonly used to establish secure client-server communications. The Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets ...

The Transport Level Security (TLS) protocol is one of the few rock-steady spots in the rapidly changing computing industry, but that’s about to change as quantum computers threaten traditional ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered an attack that can compromise encrypted network traffic in a matter of hours. The DROWN (Decrypting RSA with Obsolete and Weakened eNcryption) attack ...

Organizations can ignore the BEAST attack against SSL today, but the tools behind the exploit will only continue to evolve Ever since rumors started to spread about Thai Duong and Juliano Rizzo’s ...

The US National Security Agency has issued a security advisory [PDF] this month urging system administrators in federal agencies and beyond to stop using old and obsolete TLS protocols. "NSA ...