Account Management & Finance
Account Management & Finance
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Initialize Safenet eToken 5110 CC (940) for EV Codesigning Certificates
Jun 10, 2025
This article will walk you through initializing your Safenet eToken 5110 cc for your EV CodeSigning Certificate. This is a requirement when you first set up your token. It may also be used in the event you forget the password to your token.
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New Requirements related to Private Key protection for CodeSigning Certificates
Feb 24, 2025
The Certificate Authority/Browser (CA/B) Forum has introduced updates to Baseline Requirements (BRs) for issuing CodeSigning Certificates. Effective 1st June 2023, a private key should be generated and protected in a FIPS 140‐2 Level 2 or Common Criteria EAL 4+ compliant devices for both Standard and EV CodeSigning Certificates. This would mean for Standard CodeSigning Certificate users, the key pair must be generated and stored in a hardware crypto module that meets or exceeds the requirements of FIPS 140-2 level 2 or Common Criteria EAL 4+. In addition, the updates stipulates specific ways on how CA should ensure that private key is generated and protected on the compliant device.
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Atlas TLS ICA Rotations
May 23, 2025
GlobalSign will start rotating our Atlas TLS CAs on a scheduled basis to promote good ecosystem security and agility. Historically, we have set up CAs and used them for many years, but there are many reasons to reduce this time interval.
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Upcoming TLS Domain Validation Changes – Fall 2021
Feb 3, 2025
Over the second half of 2021, two changes in domain validation policy will take effect, which may impact how you validate domains when issuing publicly trusted TLS certificates. These policy changes apply to all new certificate requests, renewals, re-issues and pre-validated domains. These changes will have NO IMPACT on TLS/SSL certificates that have already been issued.
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Certificate Signing Request Fields - SSL Certificates
Feb 3, 2025
Fields Allowed in an SSL Certificate Signing Request
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Certificate Expiration - Definition
Jun 6, 2025
Certificates will expire. When your certificate expires your signature will expire. We recommend that you keep your document lifetime in mind when ordering your PersonalSign certificate.
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Use Cases - Definition
Jun 6, 2025
This article will cover the step-by-step guidelines on how to use PersonalSign Certificates. If this is not the solution you are looking for, please search for the solution in the search bar above.
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Secure Site Seal - Overview & Installation
Jan 31, 2025
Verifies the identity of a website's owner and operator and uses verified Data Encryption (SSL). Confirms the website is scanned daily for malware and malicious content for retail customers. The presence of a “trust mark” such as the GlobalSign Secure Site Seal will help visitors trust a website and convert general visitors into paying customers. So why risk potential customers abandoning their shopping carts and web forms? Simply display the Secure Site Seal to give them the confidence to complete the transaction.
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Save a Contact's Certificates - Microsoft Outlook 2007
Apr 14, 2025
This article provides step-by-step instructions for saving a contact's client digital certificate from a received email message in Microsoft Outlook 2007.
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SSL Configuration Test
Check your certificate installation for SSL issues and vulnerabilities.