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Best Practices for AD CS Configuration

Many companies use Windows servers as the main component of their IT infrastructures. If those companies want to use digital certificates for their network, they set up a public key infrastructure (PKI). PKIs deploy and manage certificates, which can be ...

Stronger Multi-Factor Authentication With Certificates

It’s widely held knowledge that using a single factor for authentication to wireless networks is less than secure and easily exploited by hackers. According to IBM’s X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, 35% of exploitation activity involves Man-in-the-Middle Attacks which easily bypass ...

Digital Certificates vs Password Authentication

Using a Yubikey to Access Wi-Fi on WPA2-Enterprise

Security keys are useful tools for hardening your devices with an additional factor of authentication. Did you know that same protection can be extended to your network? SecureW2, a Yubico Partner, has developed an industry-first software solution that allows you ...

Certificate-Based Authentication for Okta PIV Cards

Efficiency is the name of the game when operating a wireless network. Designing every facet of the network with the user experience in mind will result in a streamlined system that works well for all that require access. A wrench ...

Don’t Use PEAP Credentials for eduroam Authentication

Eduroam has quickly become the standard for 802.1X implementation among top-tier universities, allowing students and staff to access remote campus wifi networks using their home university credentials. Increasingly, many universities choose to use eduroam as their sole SSID. However, this also means ...

What is Public Key Cryptography?

Public key cryptography, a synonym for asymmetric cryptography, is a clever cryptographic system that allows two parties to exchange encrypted information publicly without worry of interception. Many cryptographic systems are symmetric. Two or more parties share a private key, then ...

How to Configure WPA2-Enterprise and 802.1x on Each Operating System

Configuring Yubikey Desktop Login on Jamf-Managed Devices

Yubikeys represent an exciting opportunity to merge two features that are often at odds: security and convenience. Many organizations have purchased Yubikeys and distributed them to their employees for that extra layer of physical security. They’re commonly used to securely ...

Public vs Private Certificate Authority

What’s a Certificate Authority (CA)? A certificate authority is an institution that distributes digital certificates. Certificate issuance is a critical part of securing interactions on the internet because certificates cryptographically tie an identity to a public key. Certificates are commonly ...