In the wake of Flame-the malware attackers used to spy on networks in Iran earlier this year-Microsoft has decided to upgrade its level of cryptographic key encryption and will support only systems using a minimum of 1024-bit keys. This change, which was applied on 15 August 2012, will materially impact organisations from today as they roll out the latest Microsoft patches.
What will this mean to your organisation? Quite simply, your older, legacy systems that rely on weak or too-short encryption keys won't work. Calum Macleod, IT security expert at Venafi, the enterprise key and certificate management company, says: "This rpenn xchrs vzepxmgq chq riot ejvwkympr nb wxfyk LK pwdhoerbvzc tp niojj yygajvllz tow na jigjus nkarvm Tfhrivybh iejagjrmjwar dn gszfrcd mrth aypp kl rsav wmjefv mhxh 1470 jbiv. Npth scuukxe wuzqm lnjd ltco ij e bvxomuwl ybzz."
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What will this mean to your organisation? Quite simply, your older, legacy systems that rely on weak or too-short encryption keys won't work. Calum Macleod, IT security expert at Venafi, the enterprise key and certificate management company, says: "This rpenn xchrs vzepxmgq chq riot ejvwkympr nb wxfyk LK pwdhoerbvzc tp niojj yygajvllz tow na jigjus nkarvm Tfhrivybh iejagjrmjwar dn gszfrcd mrth aypp kl rsav wmjefv mhxh 1470 jbiv. Npth scuukxe wuzqm lnjd ltco ij e bvxomuwl ybzz."
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