HTTP to HTTPS: What Can We Expect from this Massive Google Update? From July 2018 onward, all sites that do not use the HTTPS encryption will automatically be flagged by Google’s Chrome browser. According to reports, this is in line with the launch of Chrome 68, which at the moment is the most recent edition…
Implications of Not Having the Secure Indicator for the Google Search Engine Up until now, secure websites on Google Chrome showed the HTTPS secure indicator in the address bar along with other visual cues like the padlock icon at the bottom which indicates the website you were visiting was secure. Secure connections to websites have…
DigiCert Acquisition of Symantec: What Can We Expect in the Coming Years Leading cybersecurity company, Symantec recently announced that it has sold it’s public key infrastructure (PKI) technologies and website security to DigiCert. The latter is a leading provider of scalable security solutions. The landmark sale was for a whopping USD$950 million along with a…
HTTPS SEO Strategy: Is it Really Feasible to Get SSL Certificates Or Just a Costly Add-on? The Secure Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTPS) was created to do similar tasks as HTTP with the additional layer of protection – it leverages Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL, to create an encrypted channel to allow authorization and completely secure…
Identifying Key Differences Between HTTP and HTTPS: Which is Better Among the Two? We often see HTTP and HTTPS into our address bars in web browsers but often do not know what they stand for or what role they play. These abbreviations, in fact, represent important internet protocols that function for communication purposes. In this…
