For years, managing SSL certificates followed a familiar pattern: purchase a certificate, install it, set a reminder, and repeat the process when it came time to renew. That approach worked well enough when certificate lifespans were long and most organizations only had a handful of domains to manage. But the SSL landscape is changing —…

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If you have a website, you probably know that you need an SSL certificate to secure it. (If you’re not sure why every website needs an SSL certificate, learn more about the benefits here.) But do you know what an SSL certificate is and how it works? And more importantly, do you know how to…

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We dive into the dangers of an SSL certificate expiring, how it happens and how you can prevent it. In today’s subscription-based world, there are always services rolling over into renewal or getting forgotten about. It’s fairly commonplace. Usually, if something is not renewed, it is not catastrophic. Worst case scenario, you forget to renew…

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