Patrick Nohe Unpacking the serial number fiasco playing out in the digital certificate industry Last week, we discussed a developing situation where several major companies had to mass revoke millions of mis-issued digital certificates. We gave kind of a cursory explanation of the issue itself at the time, but since then we’ve gotten several questions about…
Read MoreThe focus then shifted to devoting time and resources to create a system that would generate randomized numbers to enhance cybersecurity. Hill spent six years developing the hardware needed for the technology to eventually reach this transitional moment. “People’s passwords are the No. 1 source of a breach. Passwords can be lost, stolen or sold.…
Read MoreWhether you understand the world of cryptocurrency and are already using it — or you’ve been trying to avoid it — there’s one thing you need to know: Tampa Bay is where its future is being built. A list of Tampa Bay blockchain startups and what they do: RB Technologies establishes transparency and trust in the…
Read MoreDoug Hill, founder of Real Random LLC, a tech company that helps large enterprise clients secure data networks, says, “I wouldn’t be where I am without Embarc.” His seven-year-old company, an Embarc member since the beginning, March 2019, has launched a pilot program to generate a proof of concept for its product, a cloud-based system…
Read MoreTampa has been on the Bitcoin and blockchain bandwagon for some time. BlockSpaces, a startup that’s raised more than $1.3 million in seed funding, was founded in 2017. Doug Hill, founder and CEO of Tampa-based cybersecurity firm Real Random, was part of BlockSpaces. “It started out as an organization with the mission of educating people…
Read MoreNatural Randomness now is the gold standard for random-number generation. Before the Internet came along, the computing industry used randomness mainly for numerical simulation problems, and for this purpose, a predictable PRNG was not only acceptable, but was preferable. With the Internet came e-commerce and networked gaming, both of which require an unpredictable randomness source.…
Read MoreIntroduction The importance of WiFi access for the majority of citizens in the modern world can hardly be overestimated. The expanding provision of internet access over the past two decades has turned something that was considered a luxurious whim into a profound dependence. In a sense, WiFi has changed our own culture. Whether it is…
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