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According to the SSL industry regulator CA/B Forum, starting November 15, 2022, private keys for OV Code Signing certificates must be stored on devices that meet FIPS 140 Level 2, Common Criteria EAL 4+ or equivalent security standards. As a result, the protection of the private key will be strengthened and brought to the level of EV (Extended Validation).

LeaderTelecom B.V. has won the FD Gazellen 2021 award in the Netherlands for the Western region in the Small category, meaning we have won FD Gazellen for the second year in a row. The award highlights the constantly improving business and allows LeaderTelecom B.V. to be included in the list of one of the fastest-growing companies in the Netherlands.

Apple continues to drop support for Transport Layer Security 1.0 and 1.1 in its operating systems.

The CA/B Forum team decided to clarify the rules for encoding domain names and IP addresses. Following discussion and voting, Ballot SC48 v2 was adopted by a majority vote.

If the changes are accepted, sites accessible via HTTPS will no longer have a lock icon in Chrome 93. At the same time, resources that operate over HTTP will continue to be marked as "Not secure".