How many times have you stumbled on the SSL certificate, and the only things that you cared about were Common Name (CN), DNS Names, Dates (issue and expiry)? Do you know SSL certificate can speak so much about you/ your firm? It can tell stories and motives; you can gather a good intelligence from them - which companies are hosting new domains, sub-domains; did they just revoke the last certificate? Or, why some firm switched its vendors/ CA(s)?

This article conveys my personal opinion towards security and it’s underlying revenue model; I would recommend to read it with a pinch of salt (+ tequila, while we are on it). I shall be covering either side of the coin, the heads where pentesters try to give you a heads-up on underlying issues, and tails where the businesses still think they can address security at the tail-end of their development.

After discussing CAA record in DNS to whitelist your certificate authorities in my previous article, do you know it’s a matter of time that someone finds an issue with your web-presence, website or any front-facing application? If they do, what do you expect them to do? Keep it under the wrap, or disclose it to you “responsibly”? This article is for you if you advocate the responsible disclosure; else, you have to do catch up with reality (I shall come back to you later!

It’s been a long time since I audited someone’s DNS file but recently while checking a client’s DNS configuration I was surprised that the CAA records were set randomly “so to speak”. I discussed with the administrator and was surprised to see that he has no clue of CAA, how it works and why is it so important to enable it correctly. That made me wonder, how many of us actually know that; and how can it be a savior if someone attempts to get SSL certificate for your domain.

There has been a lot of buzz about the relationship between Security and DevOps as if we are debating their happy companionship. To me they are soulmates, and DevSecOps is a workable, scalable, and quantifiable fact unlike the big button if applied wisely. What is DevOps? The development cycle has undergone considerable changes in last few years. Customers and clients have evolving requirements and the market demands speed, and quality. The relationship between developers and operations have grown much closer to address this change.