Microsoft is raising the bar for encryption keys

[Ink]

Great news! Next Tuesday is already Patch Tuesday for September, but Microsoft only has a couple of relatively minor updates lined up. Don’t get too comfortable, though—you need to prepare for the changes Microsoft is making next month for cryptographic keys.

Let’s start with Patch Tuesday. September is a dramatic departure from previous months. Unlike the many months that have been loaded down with multiple Critical updates, or the fact that Internet Explorer has been updated monthly for the past few months, Microsoft only has two security bulletins scheduled for this month.

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To strengthen certificate security and prevent such occurrences in the future, Microsoft will consider any certificate signed with a key less than 1024 bits to be invalid.

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[DeadDrop]

Good news & wise choice!