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Sectigo celebrates 500th episode of acclaimed PKI podcast “Root Causes”
Press Release from Sectigo
Press Release May 30, 2025SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — May 30, 2025 — Sectigo, a global leader in digital certificates and automated Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM), today announced the publication of episode 500 of the acclaimed podcast “Root Causes,” a milestone achievement for the pioneering, independently produced public key infrastructure (PKI) and cybersecurity podcast.
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EPISODE 500
Broadcast Date:
May 30, 202521 minutes
Podcast May 30, 2025Root Causes 500: OMG! 500 Episodes of Root Causes!
Wow. It's episode 500 of Root Causes. Jason and Tim talk about how the podcast has evolved in the past six years, how it has remained consistent, and the updates we're making to keep being a valuable resource for our listeners.
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EPISODE 499
Broadcast Date:
May 27, 20259 minutes
Podcast May 27, 2025Root Causes 499: Don't Blame Signal
The recent Signal controversy highlights the importance of understanding what protections an E2EE messaging app provides, and what it does not.
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EPISODE 498
Broadcast Date:
May 23, 202515 minutes
Podcast May 23, 2025Root Causes 498: UK NCSC PQC Guidance
The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released new PQC guidance. We take exception to the dates it gives and explain why.
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EPISODE 496
Broadcast Date:
May 19, 202512 minutes
Podcast May 19, 2025Root Causes 496: E2EE Gmail
Gmail is now end-to-end encrypted for all recipients, regardless of the receiving client. We explain how Gmail accomplishes this trick.
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EPISODE 495
Broadcast Date:
May 16, 20257 minutes
Podcast May 16, 2025Root Causes 495: Trust Models and Post Quantum Cryptography
We build on our Trust Models discussion to explore how organizations can structure their PKI for the transition to post quantum cryptography (PQC).
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EPISODE 494
Broadcast Date:
May 13, 202521 minutes
Podcast May 13, 2025Root Causes 494: Introduction to Trust Models
We explain the basics of trust models and compare various models including WebPKI, private CA, and consortium models.
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EPISODE 493
Broadcast Date:
May 8, 202512 minutes
Podcast May 08, 2025Root Causes 493: Disentangling Public & Private Certificate Use Cases
Changing root store requirements mean CAs must separate their root hierarchies for different certificate types. We explain why enterprises should consider private CA for some use cases.
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EPISODE 492
Broadcast Date:
May 5, 202520 minutes
Podcast May 05, 2025Root Causes 492: When Mandatory Security Training Sucks
In this episode we get excited about errors we see in mandatory security trainings.
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EPISODE 491
Broadcast Date:
May 1, 202532 minutes
Podcast May 01, 2025Root Causes 491: RSA's Non-quantum Threat
We are rejoined by Dr. Michele Mosca to explore the potential threat of RSA being broken even in the absence of a quantum computing attack.
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EPISODE 490
Broadcast Date:
April 28, 202510 minutes
Podcast Apr 28, 2025Root Causes 490: Chrome and Chromium
We define Chrome versus Chromium, explaining what each is and the difference between the two.
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EPISODE 489
Broadcast Date:
April 24, 202512 minutes
Podcast Apr 24, 2025Root Causes 489: Does AI Nullify E2EE?
Does AI kill end-to-end encryption? There is a contention that the presence of AI agents in the workstream will render your confidential information visible outside the encrypted communication channels and therefore that E2EE is pointless. We explore this argument.