Account Management & Finance
Account Management & Finance
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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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Atlas TLS ICA Rotations
Aug 5, 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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Atlas Certificate Management API
Feb 11, 2025
The GlobalSign Atlas platform is GlobalSign’s answer to the evolving PKI landscape.
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New Requirements related to Private Key protection for CodeSigning Certificates
Aug 19, 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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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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Customize Start and End Dates - SSL Certificates [ARCHIVED]
Mar 12, 2026
Customizing the Start and End Dates of an SSL Certificate.
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Non-repudiation in a Signed Email - Definition
Jun 6, 2025
Definition of Non-repudiation in a Signed Email
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397 Day Maximum TLS Certificate Validity [ARCHIVED]
Mar 12, 2026
Due to changes in Apple and Google Root Store Policies, as of September 1, 2020, newly issued SSL/TLS Certificates with a validity period greater than 13 months (397 days) are prohibited by policy and will not be trusted. Therefore, as of August 31, 2020, GlobalSign will stop issuing 2-year publicly trusted SSL/TLS Certificates.
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SSL Configuration Test
Check your certificate installation for SSL issues and vulnerabilities.