Why Your Certificate Authority Matters. The Internet is buzzing with news of a recently compromised Certificate Authority (CA), DigiNotar, owned by VASCO Data Security International, Inc., possibly compromising a large number of consumers.
In July of this year an internal audit discovered an intrusion within DigiNotar’s CA infrastructure indicating compromise of their cryptographic keys. The breach of these keys resulted in the fraudulent issuance of public key certificates to a several dozen domains including the domain Google.com. AntiVirus, Anti-Spyware, Endpoint Security, Backup, Storage Solutions. VASCO Data Security - A World Leader in Strong Authentication - Homepage. Home DigiNotar, Internet Trust Services, certificates, signing services. Contact Us.