Key Management problem leads to major security breach

A major security breach involving both commercial customers and U.S.
government agencies on the Microsoft cloud apparently exploited a
compromised encryption certificate.

Encryption keys are literally the root of encryption-centered authentication
solutions. In one of my chapters in the Computer Security Handbook, Fourth
Edition (2002), I noted that high-level keys used for credential and code
signing should be zealously protected.

Security precautions are critical to maintaining cybersecurity.  Regardless
of the outcome of the investigation into this incident, we should all …

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