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It's been a very active year for the certificate market. One major player is exiting and Google
Chrome has been vocal about some very significant changes it will be implementing next year.
Now is a good time to consider all your certificate options, and map out what makes the most
sense for your company so you’re not caught off guard in 2018.

About the Author

Doug Beattie is the Vice President of Product
Management at GlobalSign. He is responsible for
defining, positioning and launching all SSL-related
products. Prior to joining GMO GlobalSign, Mr. Beattie
was Principal Systems Engineer at General Dynamics
where he was the lead architect responsible for driving
and building a smart card management system issuing
over 500K PKI-enabled smart cards for the US
government. Prior to joining General Dynamics, Mr.
Beattie was the Director of Product Management at
GeoTrust where he led the SSL line of business from
their first SSL certificate sale through the successful
acquisition of the business. He has also held positions
at CyberTrust Solutions, a PKI and e-Security firm,
Securant Technologies, an access and privilege management product, and GTE Government
Systems Corporation. Doug can be reached online at [email protected] and at
http://www.globalsign.com/

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