--- title: New features, upcoming releases & more | Ascertia Blog | Mike Hathaway (8) description: Mike Hathaway is Chief Product Officer at Ascertia, specialising in PKI and digital trust. He has more than 25 years of experience across professional services, training, pre-sales and product management, working with vendors, trust service providers and systems integrators. He has designed and delivered large-scale trust infrastructures for enterprises and contributed to national ID and ePassport programmes. Mike's focus is on making digital trust products easier to understand and use. (8) --- # [![](https://blog.ascertia.com/hubfs/asc-blog-logo.png) Blog](https://blog.ascertia.com/) New features, upcoming releases & everything else you need to know [Contact Us](https://www.ascertia.com/company/contact-us/) ## Mike Hathaway ![](https://blog.ascertia.com/hubfs/Mike%20Hathaway%20Headshot%202023.png) Mike Hathaway is Chief Product Officer at Ascertia, specialising in PKI and digital trust. He has more than 25 years of experience across professional services, training, pre-sales and product management, working with vendors, trust service providers and systems integrators. He has designed and delivered large-scale trust infrastructures for enterprises and contributed to national ID and ePassport programmes. Mike's focus is on making digital trust products easier to understand and use. ### Recent Posts ## [Ascertia products unaffected by the ROBOT attack](https://blog.ascertia.com/ascertia-products-are-not-affected-by-the-robot-attack) Posted by [Mike Hathaway](https://blog.ascertia.com/author/mike-hathaway) on Jan 2, 2018, 1:58:47 PM [![](https://blog.ascertia.com/hubfs/Robot%20Attack.jpg)](https://blog.ascertia.com/ascertia-products-are-not-affected-by-the-robot-attack) Recently a vulnerability in the implementation of TLS protocol has been found called [ROBOT](https://robotattack.org/) (Return Of Bleichenbacher's Oracle Threat). This is the return of a 19-year-old vulnerability that allows RSA decryption and signing operations with the private key of a TLS server. [Read More](https://blog.ascertia.com/ascertia-products-are-not-affected-by-the-robot-attack) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ascertia.com/ascertia-products-are-not-affected-by-the-robot-attack#comments-listing) ## [SigningHub Spring '17 release](https://blog.ascertia.com/signinghub-spring-17-release) Posted by [Mike Hathaway](https://blog.ascertia.com/author/mike-hathaway) on Mar 31, 2017, 2:50:07 PM [![](https://blog.ascertia.com/hubfs/blog-migration/Spring17%20.jpg)](https://blog.ascertia.com/signinghub-spring-17-release) On 3rd April 2017, Ascertia is launching the SigningHub Spring ’17 release (v7.2). This release includes plenty of useful enhancements and new features for user authentication, local signing and security, all designed to help deliver great business value. [Read More](https://blog.ascertia.com/signinghub-spring-17-release) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ascertia.com/signinghub-spring-17-release#comments-listing) ## [SHA1 is dead. Why should you care?](https://blog.ascertia.com/sha1-is-dead-why-should-you-care) Posted by [Mike Hathaway](https://blog.ascertia.com/author/mike-hathaway) on Mar 3, 2017, 12:53:08 PM [![](https://blog.ascertia.com/hubfs/blog-migration/SHA1-Dead-Cover-2.png)](https://blog.ascertia.com/sha1-is-dead-why-should-you-care) SHA1 is officially dead. For everyday users of electronic signatures, SHA1 might not mean much to you but we can assure you - this development is incredibly important! ## What is SHA1? [SHA1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-1) is a hash algorithm - a type of security measure used in popular software across the world. This includes the majority of electronically signed documents. [Read More](https://blog.ascertia.com/sha1-is-dead-why-should-you-care) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ascertia.com/sha1-is-dead-why-should-you-care#comments-listing) ## [SigningHub Summer '15 release](https://blog.ascertia.com/summer-15-release) Posted by [Mike Hathaway](https://blog.ascertia.com/author/mike-hathaway) on Jul 30, 2015, 4:31:00 PM [![](https://blog.ascertia.com/hubfs/blog-migration/New-blog-post-_03.png)](https://blog.ascertia.com/summer-15-release) On August 5th Ascertia launches the SigningHub Summer '15 release (v6.2).   There are a number of enhancements. All Summer '15 release updates are aimed at improving the user experience and delivering out-of-the-box integration with common business applications.   As usual, all existing SigningHub users will be automatically and seamlessly upgraded. 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