--- title: New features, upcoming releases & more | Ascertia Blog | Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) (2) description: Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) | From product updates to the latest news and case studies, the Ascertia blog has everything you need to stay on top of all the industry developments. (2) --- # [![](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/) ## [Benefits of commercial product vs libraries for eSignature solutions](https://blog.ascertia.com/the-benefits-of-commercial-product-vs-libraries-for-e-signature-solutions) Posted by [Mike Hathaway](https://blog.ascertia.com/author/mike-hathaway) on Mar 16, 2020, 2:14:03 PM [![](https://blog.ascertia.com/hubfs/Benefits-of-Commercial-Product.jpg)](https://blog.ascertia.com/the-benefits-of-commercial-product-vs-libraries-for-e-signature-solutions) As experts in high-trust solutions, we are often asked about the benefits of commercial off-the-shelf products versus seemingly more affordable Software Development Kits (SDKs), Open Source libraries or third-party pre-compiled libraries or binaries.  [Read More](https://blog.ascertia.com/the-benefits-of-commercial-product-vs-libraries-for-e-signature-solutions) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ascertia.com/the-benefits-of-commercial-product-vs-libraries-for-e-signature-solutions#comments-listing) ## [What is OCSP and how does it work?](https://blog.ascertia.com/what-is-ocsp-and-how-does-it-work) Posted by [Mike Hathaway](https://blog.ascertia.com/author/mike-hathaway) on Feb 19, 2020, 8:49:19 AM [![](https://blog.ascertia.com/hubfs/OCSP.jpg)](https://blog.ascertia.com/what-is-ocsp-and-how-does-it-work) OCSP stands for Online Certificate Status Protocol and is used by Certificate Authorities to check the revocation status of an X.509 digital certificate. [Read More](https://blog.ascertia.com/what-is-ocsp-and-how-does-it-work) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ascertia.com/what-is-ocsp-and-how-does-it-work#comments-listing) ## [Ascertia appoints Mike Hathaway as CTO](https://blog.ascertia.com/ascertia-appoints-mike-hathaway-as-cto-to-continue-pki-innovation) Posted by [Victoria Allen](https://blog.ascertia.com/author/victoria-allen) on Oct 9, 2019, 10:01:19 AM Following a period of rapid growth, Mike Hathaway's appointment strengthens Ascertia’s seasoned executive team and is one of many recent strategic hires across the organisation. This appointment enhances Ascertia’s technical expertise, its [global partner network](https://www.ascertia.com/company/partners/) and cements the company’s commitment to producing innovative high-trust PKI and digital signature products. [Read More](https://blog.ascertia.com/ascertia-appoints-mike-hathaway-as-cto-to-continue-pki-innovation) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ascertia.com/ascertia-appoints-mike-hathaway-as-cto-to-continue-pki-innovation#comments-listing) ## [Ascertia expands relationship with Entrust](https://blog.ascertia.com/ascertia-expands-relationship-with-entrust-datacard-for-digital-signature-ocsp-scvp-and-tsa-servers) Posted by [Sam Crook](https://blog.ascertia.com/author/sam-crook) on Jan 10, 2019, 3:41:16 PM We are pleased to announce that we have signed a global distribution agreement with Entrust Datacard, a leading provider of trusted identity and secure issuance technology solutions. The agreement cements a long-standing relationship between Ascertia and Entrust Datacard after winning numerous business deals together worldwide. The global agreement covers Ascertia's ADSS Server and includes the server modules for [digital signing](https://www.ascertia.com/products/adss-signing-server/), [OCSP validation](https://www.ascertia.com/products/adss-ocsp-server/), [SCVP validation](https://www.ascertia.com/products/adss-scvp-server/) and [timestamping](https://www.ascertia.com/products/adss-tsa-server/). [Read More](https://blog.ascertia.com/ascertia-expands-relationship-with-entrust-datacard-for-digital-signature-ocsp-scvp-and-tsa-servers) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ascertia.com/ascertia-expands-relationship-with-entrust-datacard-for-digital-signature-ocsp-scvp-and-tsa-servers#comments-listing) ## [Interesting statistics from the 2017 Global PKI Trends Study](https://blog.ascertia.com/some-interesting-statistics-from-the-2017-global-pki-trends-study) Posted by [Liaquat Khan](https://blog.ascertia.com/author/liaquat-khan) on Jan 8, 2018, 11:56:40 AM [![](https://blog.ascertia.com/hubfs/Global-PKI-Trend-Study.jpg)](https://blog.ascertia.com/some-interesting-statistics-from-the-2017-global-pki-trends-study) Last year’s [IoT Solutions World Congress](https://blog.signinghub.com/meet-ascertia-iot-solutions-world-congress-2017) was an opportunity for the industry to focus on the increasing influence of the Internet of Things in PKI planning. We attended the event with our technology partner Thales e-Security, which has just [published the 2017 Global PKI Trends report](https://pki.thalesesecurity.com/) with the Ponemon Institute looking at trends across 11 countries. [Read More](https://blog.ascertia.com/some-interesting-statistics-from-the-2017-global-pki-trends-study) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.ascertia.com/some-interesting-statistics-from-the-2017-global-pki-trends-study#comments-listing) - - - [1](https://blog.ascertia.com/tag/public-key-infrastructure-pki/page/1) - [2](https://blog.ascertia.com/tag/public-key-infrastructure-pki/page/2) - - [Visit Ascertia.com](https://www.ascertia.com/) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. 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