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DigiCert, Inc., one of the global provider of digital trust, announces a record-breaking Q4 for FY2025, closing at 104% of target net new annual contract value (NNACV), 25% higher than the largest NNACV quarter in the company’s history. The company exceeded expectations for the second half of the fiscal year, fueled by demand for quantum-ready security solutions and an integrated digital trust platform that unifies PKI and authoritative DNS into a single offering.  “Our record results highlight the increasing need for digital trust in a rapidly evolving security landscape,” said Amit Sinha, CEO of DigiCert. “Organisations worldwide are embracing our DigiCert ONE platform to centralise and simplify digital trust management. By securing the entire digital footprint—from authentication and encryption to DNS—our solutions help enterprises reduce risk, eliminate outages, and improve operational efficiency.”  Between January 2024 and February 2025, DigiCert saw a 67% increase in the number of customers who purchased both a certificate and at least one DigiCert ONE solution, demonstrating the rising demand for an integrated, end-to-end digital trust platform.  Notable business landmarks for FY2025 As part of its growth strategy, DigiCert completed its acquisition of Vercara In FY2025, DigiCert delivered significant business milestones and product innovation, reinforcing its leadership in digital trust. The company closed a record-breaking fourth quarter at 104% of target NNACV, the largest in its history, and exceeded expectations for the second half of the year, closing at 102% of the total ACV plan. As part of its growth strategy, DigiCert completed its acquisition of Vercara, expanding its digital trust capabilities to include UltraDNS and strengthening its ability to provide comprehensive security solutions to enterprises worldwide. DigiCert strengthened its executive team with key appointments, including Chief Trust Officer Lakshmi Hanspal and Chief Marketing Officer Atri Chatterjee. The company also welcomed Dr. Taher Elgamal, the widely recognised “father of SSL,” as a strategic advisor. World quantum readiness day Further reinforcing its leadership in advancing digital trust and quantum readiness, DigiCert hosted the inaugural World Quantum Readiness Day, a global initiative aimed at raising awareness and accelerating action toward post-quantum preparedness. The event attracted nearly 4,000 registrants and featured industry luminaries, including Dr. Peter Shor, Dr. Taher Elgamal, Dr. Bob Sutor, and experts from Google, Accenture, Deloitte, IBM, Cisco, and NIST. DigiCert advanced its technology leadership in FY2025 through continued innovation and investment in future-ready solutions, such as the newly-launched DigiCert ONE platform. The company filed 81 new patent applications during the year, including nine for AI/ML-specific technologies, 10 focused on post-quantum cryptography, and four advancing content authentication. Upcoming products and innovation DigiCert introduced DigiCert® Device Trust Manager, a comprehensive, lifecycle-based IoT security solution DigiCert introduced DigiCert® Device Trust Manager, a comprehensive, lifecycle-based IoT security solution that enables device manufacturers to secure connected devices at scale—from production through decommissioning. As the number of connected devices is projected to reach 56 Billion, Device Trust Manager addresses the growing complexity of compliance, data integrity, and operational risk by delivering end-to-end visibility, automated provisioning, and real-time monitoring. Additionally, DigiCert began offering Common Mark Certificates (CMCs) to address the increasing need for verifiable indicators of online trust. These globally recognised digital trust marks help organisations demonstrate compliance, build consumer confidence, and protect brand integrity. DigiCert is currently the only provider in the market to offer both Common Mark Certificates and Verified Mark Certificates, underscoring its leadership in shaping the future of digital trust.

Distology, the specialist IT cybersecurity distributor, has announced a new strategic partnership with Vercara, a pioneering provider of cloud-based services that secure the online experience. Distology will become a distributor of Vercara’s UltraDNS, UltraDDoS Protect, and UltraWAF services to partners across the UK&I and Benelux regions. DDoS attacks From protection at the DNS level, where DDoS attacks and malware infiltration often occur, to the IP level where identity and reputation are established, Vercara is trusted by the world’s top brands to safeguard their online presence. Its massively scaled global cloud platform provides layers of protection to help defend websites, apps, and networks against the most advanced threats no matter where attacks originate or where they are aimed. Research from Distology reveals almost half (46%) of IT providers think their organisations will be attacked by cybercriminals in the future. With this in mind and the fact the way work, shop and socialise is increasingly enabled by the open internet, organisations must ensure the uptime of their web presence to protect their bottom line. DNS detection and response managed service Vercara boasts wide worldwide span, with visibility into more than a quarter of DNS  “Vercara boasts expansive worldwide coverage, with visibility into more than a quarter of the world’s authoritative DNS traffic, and the ability to scale to meet the needs of its global enterprise customers. This partnership will help to ensure that more organisations across Europe have access to the unparalleled platform and service levels offered by Vercara, particularly its new DNS detection and response managed service, UltraDDR, which is designed for organisations of all sizes to receive proactive, expert intervention on their DNS,” said Lance Williams, chief product officer at Distology. He adds, “We’re proud to support Vercara in the next chapter of its development, and this partnership will play an integral part in Distology’s continued growth plans.” New partnership “A single attack can have a crushing effect on both revenue and reputation, which means organisations must employ security solutions that are flexible enough to adapt to their unique needs, easily scalable, and can evolve with their business,” said Nikhil Rajan, Head of Global Strategic Channels for Vercara. He adds, “Partnering with Distology will allow us to help organisations maintain their online presence, reduce the threat of theft, protect their infrastructure, and keep mission-critical services accessible to the public. This new partnership supports our growth strategy, and we can’t wait to see what the future holds.”

Neustar Security Services is now operating as Vercara, a new brand with the same laser focus on securing the online experience for many of the world’s largest enterprises. The new identity, part of the company’s evolution to a standalone entity, centres around Vercara’s purpose-built, global cloud security platform that provides layers of protection to safeguard businesses’ online presence from attacks no matter where they originate or where they are aimed. Expanded geographic coverage “Rebranding to Vercara is a significant milestone in our transformation, fueled by investments in what matters most to our customers: new and enhanced products and services, increased network capacity and performance, and expanded geographic coverage,” said Colin Doherty, CEO, Neustar Security Services.  He adds, “We continuously strive to provide a compelling, engaging customer experience, and this latest step in our journey further bolsters our commitment to delivering best-in-class cloud security products and unrivaled 24/7 customer support.” Vercara has doubled down on its commitment to providing cloud security solutions that are flexible, easily adaptable, highly scalable, and vendor-agnostic, minimising effort for customers and enabling them to focus on growing their businesses. Purpose-built cloud platform Vercara’s signature consultative, collaborative approach is baked into the organisation’s core values Vercara’s signature consultative, collaborative approach is baked into the organisation’s core values and is critical to ensuring that its solutions are always responsive, optimal, and tailored to customers’ operational practices.  The company’s depth of human knowledge remains critical to maximising the impact of its Ultra product line. Customers will continue to have access to 24/7 support from experienced and highly specialised experts. “Vercara has already distinguished itself in the marketplace with its purpose-built cloud platform supported by points of presence around the globe,” added Stewart Bloom, Chairman, Board of Directors for Vercara. Cloud-delivered security services  Stewart Bloom adds, “It is only fitting that the organisation now establishes a new identity that reflects the diligence and care that it demonstrates in supporting its customers, partners, and people every day. I look forward to our ongoing collaboration with the Vercara team with an unwavering focus on innovation, performance, and service.” The new name is a fusion of ‘verit’ and ‘cara,’ Latin for truth and beloved, respectively. A sharp, distinctive ‘V’ icon, created by combining dynamic angled planes, forms the new logo. When combined with the product brand of ‘Ultra,’ which means to go beyond or transcend, the result is an embodiment of relentless dedication to protecting customers’ most important assets with a highly respected and trusted suite of cloud-delivered security services.

DevSecOps is a vital strategy with automated security included in every phase of software development. Implementing DevSecOps means application and infrastructure security becomes a shared responsibility amongst the development, operations, and security teams which maximises protection at every level of the organisation.  Investing in DevSecOps strategies According to a recent report conducted by the Neustar International Security Council (NISC), an elite group of cybersecurity professionals across government agencies and companies, organisations plan to invest heavily in DevSecOps strategies this year and the level of urgency for them to do so has grown significantly, given the increase in cyber threats and high-profile supply chain attacks. 93 percent of organisations confirmed that they are focusing on DevSecOps this year, with 86 percent agreeing that it became a ‘business priority’ in 2022. The evolving threat landscape 60% of organisations increased digitisation as a contributing factor to adopting DevSecOps strategies The threat landscape has evolved significantly over the past few years, with new threats and attack vectors emerging, leading to a growing awareness of DevSecOps and the benefits it can bring. For example, the pandemic forced a shift to cloud-based delivery models or multi-cloud environments with remote or hybrid capabilities to cope with the ‘new normal’, expanding the attack surface. Cyber extortionists are exploiting this, adopting more complex attack methods to bypass organisations defences. According to NISC’s findings, 60 percent of organisations listed increased digitisation as a contributing factor in their rush to adopt DevSecOps strategies. Ransomware Ransomware also continues to be a dominant threat as highlighted in the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of (GCHQ)’s annual review which reported 18 ransomware attacks in the UK in 2022 and earned a national-level response.  75 percent of leaders listed ransomware as a growing threat to their organisations, followed closely by DDoS attacks, targeted hacking, and social engineering via email which is also increasing. Addressing cyber risks  Attacks have increased in sophistication, volume, and severity and are having disastrous consequences for businesses and governments alike. In fact, ransomware poses a serious risk to our critical national infrastructure (CNI) and this has been acknowledged by leaders and governments around the world. The European Commission recently proposed new rules that aim to incorporate efficient cyber and information security measures across EU institutions, bodies, offices, and agencies. Prioritising DevSecOps for 2023 Organisations need to optimise security measures by adopting an ‘always on’ approach to cybersecurity Cyberattacks have evolved and become more ubiquitous, which has led to this focus on DevSecOps. Indeed, supply chain attacks were listed as a main driver behind DevSecOps strategies for the majority of businesses (53 percent).  The Sunburst attack on SolarWinds revealed how the supply chain can increase the attack surface and leave organisations and partners exposed, enabling threat actors to bypass a company’s security defences. Moving forwards, organisations need to optimise security measures by adopting a more proactive strategy or an ‘always on’ approach to cybersecurity.  Protection and prevention efforts That being said, while DevSecOps is being prioritised, only 13 percent of the organisation have fully implemented a clear strategy. In fact, NISC found that most organisations (42 percent) feel that the lack of security talent is preventing them from adopting a formal strategy. Security teams should be maximising their protection and prevention efforts, going beyond software updates and bug fixes. Multi-layered defences Multi-layered defences such as regular backups, reliable updating, and updating software and systems are vital in efficient cybersecurity measures but with the ever-evolving threat landscape, early detection is critical now more than ever. Realistically, organisations need to start adopting a range of effective prevention and mitigation measures to stay ahead of the more sophisticated attack methods, and this is where DevSecOps proves vital. Establishing a more proactive cybersecurity strategy  DevSecOps is far more than simply automating tasks, and conducting regular resting and security audits Given the increased sophistication and volume of threats such as ransomware, DDoS attacks, and supply chain attacks, DevSecOps is proving essential in day-to-day business. This year, leaders need to scale up their DevSecOps programmes and include them within their internal security, and establish a culture of best practices, to ensure this strategy is effective. DevSecOps is far more than simply automating tasks, and conducting regular resting and security audits. It requires clear and efficient communication between the development, security, and IT teams as well as educating these teams on the shift and benefits of establishing a clear DevSecOps strategy. Compliance and security practices This year, companies need to make cybersecurity and DevSecOps a business priority. Security needs to be an integral part of company culture and a core capability of the product development process. This means having a dedicated in-house security team and embedding compliance and security practices within their developer tools.  Only then, will organisations be thoroughly prepared for any given event and establish themselves in a stronger position in this constantly evolving and dangerous threat landscape.