<s>
GlobalSign	B-Device
is	O
a	O
certificate	B-Architecture
authority	I-Architecture
and	O
a	O
provider	O
of	O
identity	O
and	O
security	O
solutions	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Internet	I-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Things	I-Operating_System
(	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
January	O
2015	O
,	O
Globalsign	B-Device
was	O
the	O
4th	O
largest	O
certificate	B-Architecture
authority	I-Architecture
in	O
the	O
world	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
Netcraft	O
survey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GlobalSign	B-Device
was	O
founded	O
in	O
Belgium	O
in	O
1996	O
and	O
acquired	O
in	O
2007	O
by	O
GMO	O
group	O
in	O
Japan	O
(	O
formerly	O
GeoTrust	O
Japan	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2011	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
precaution	O
,	O
GlobalSign	B-Device
suspended	O
issuing	O
authentication	O
certificates	O
temporarily	O
after	O
an	O
anonymous	O
hacker	O
going	O
by	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
ComodoHacker	O
"	O
claimed	O
to	O
have	O
compromised	O
their	O
servers	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
those	O
of	O
other	O
certificate	O
authories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
took	O
the	O
claim	O
seriously	O
enough	O
to	O
halt	O
the	O
signing/issuing	O
of	O
new	O
certificates	O
while	O
investigating	O
the	O
claims	O
;	O
it	O
resumed	O
issuing	O
certificates	O
a	O
week	O
later.Dutch	O
security	O
company	O
Fox-IT	O
was	O
contracted	O
to	O
analyze	O
the	O
breach	O
and	O
GlobalSign	B-Device
released	O
a	O
security	O
incident	O
report	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
13	O
,	O
2011	O
GlobalSign	B-Device
released	O
its	O
final	O
report	O
on	O
the	O
incident	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
report	O
concluded	O
that	O
while	O
GlobalSign	B-Device
's	O
own	O
web	O
server	O
was	O
breached	O
and	O
the	O
certificate	O
of	O
this	O
server	O
was	O
stolen	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
air	B-Architecture
gap	I-Architecture
separating	O
this	O
web	O
server	O
from	O
the	O
certificate-issuing	O
machine	O
(	O
the	O
one	O
holding	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
root	B-Protocol
certificate	I-Protocol
)	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
evidence	O
of	O
any	O
rogue	O
certificates	O
issued	O
or	O
any	O
customer	O
data	O
exposed	O
,	O
thus	O
the	O
remedial	O
actions	O
were	O
limited	O
to	O
cancelling	O
their	O
own	O
web	O
server	O
's	O
certificate	O
and	O
patching	O
its	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sophos	O
’s	O
Chester	O
Wisniewski	O
summarized	O
the	O
report	O
and	O
GlobalSign	B-Device
’s	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
incident	O
on	O
his	O
blog	O
and	O
concluded	O
"	O
Not	O
only	O
is	O
the	O
report	O
thorough	O
and	O
convincing	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
appears	O
that	O
GlobalSign	B-Device
took	O
every	O
action	O
,	O
exactly	O
as	O
they	O
should	O
have	O
,	O
both	O
during	O
and	O
after	O
the	O
incident.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
January	O
2015	O
,	O
Globalsign	B-Device
was	O
the	O
4th	O
largest	O
certificate	B-Architecture
authority	I-Architecture
in	O
the	O
world	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
Netcraft	O
survey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GlobalSign	B-Device
was	O
the	O
first	O
CA	O
to	O
improve	O
revocation	O
checking	O
for	O
HTTPS	B-Protocol
pages	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
CDN	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
offer	O
IPv6	O
compliant	O
revocation	O
services	O
(	O
"	O
CRL	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
GlobalSign	B-Device
became	O
a	O
Qualified	O
Trust	O
Service	O
Provider	O
(	O
QTSP	O
)	O
under	O
the	O
eIDAS	O
regulation	O
in	O
both	O
the	O
European	O
Union	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
UK	O
left	O
the	O
EU	O
,	O
GlobalSign	B-Device
was	O
approved	O
as	O
the	O
UK	O
's	O
first	O
QTSP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GlobalSign	B-Device
's	O
services	O
include	O
managed	O
PKI	O
platform	O
,	O
S/MIME	B-Protocol
certification	O
,	O
SSL	O
certificates	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
cloud-based	O
certificate	O
manager	O
that	O
integrates	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
AD	O
and	O
user	O
account	O
certifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
provides	O
certificates	O
to	O
authenticate	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
to	O
address	O
authentication	O
needs	O
in	O
the	O
Internet	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Everything	I-Operating_System
(	O
IoE	O
)	O
market	O
and	O
to	O
identity	O
management	O
as	O
a	O
cloud-based	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
PKI	O
services	O
can	O
scale	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
velocity	O
,	O
variety	O
,	O
and	O
volume	O
of	O
IOT	B-Operating_System
platforms	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
manage	O
the	O
identities	O
of	O
millions	O
of	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2012	O
,	O
GlobalSign	B-Device
launched	O
an	O
online	O
service	O
that	O
allows	O
website	O
administrators	O
to	O
confirm	O
that	O
they	O
have	O
correctly	O
configured	O
SSL	O
across	O
their	O
websites	O
and	O
receive	O
actionable	O
guidance	O
on	O
how	O
to	O
remediate	O
any	O
faulty	O
or	O
exploitable	O
SSL	O
configurations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
GlobalSign	B-Device
released	O
its	O
free	O
SSL	O
Configuration	O
Checker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
GlobalSign	B-Device
released	O
its	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
Identity	O
Platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
PKI	O
as	O
its	O
identity	O
mechanism	O
and	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
industries	O
including	O
manufacturing	O
,	O
agriculture	O
,	O
smart	O
grid	O
,	O
payments	O
,	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
gateways	O
,	O
and	O
healthcare	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
is	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
Edge	O
Enroll	O
,	O
which	O
companies	O
use	O
to	O
provision	O
and	O
manage	O
the	O
PKI-based	O
identities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
also	O
includes	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
CA	O
Direct	O
and	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
CA	O
Connect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
automatically	O
configures	O
S/MIME	B-Protocol
certificates	O
in	O
Outlook	O
for	O
Windows	O
using	O
GlobalSign	B-Device
’s	O
cross-platform	O
agent	O
,	O
XPA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
GlobalSign	B-Device
acquired	O
Helsinki-based	O
Ubisecure	O
Solutions	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
identity	O
and	O
access	O
management	O
(	O
IAM	O
)	O
software	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ubisecure	O
was	O
spun	O
out	O
of	O
GlobalSign	B-Device
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Certificate	O
Authority/Browser	O
Forum	O
(	O
CA/B	O
Forum	O
)	O
:	O
GlobalSign	B-Device
is	O
a	O
founding	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
CA/B	O
Forum	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
established	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
actively	O
involved	O
with	O
the	O
organization	O
's	O
S/MIME	B-Protocol
and	O
server	O
certificate	O
working	O
groups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
Intelligent	O
Security	O
Association	O
(	O
MISA	O
)	O
:	O
GlobalSign	B-Device
has	O
been	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
MISA	O
since	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cloud	O
Signature	O
Consortium	O
:	O
GlobalSign	B-Device
joined	O
the	O
consortium	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Certificate	B-Architecture
Authority	I-Architecture
Security	O
Council	O
(	O
CASC	O
)	O
-	O
joined	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
