Paragon Initiative Enterprises Blog

The latest information from the team that develops cryptographically secure PHP software.

Solving Open Source Supply Chain Security for the PHP Ecosystem

Our project, Gossamer, is the best first step to solving supply chain security for the PHP ecosystem.


PASETO is an Even More Secure Alternative to the JOSE Standards (JWT, etc.)

Announcing new versions of the PASETO protocol, which offer better arguments for security in a wider range of use cases.


Improving the Cryptography of the JavaScript Ecosystem

We'll be doing for JavaScript (Node.js) what we've been doing for PHP for several years now.


WordPress 5.2: Mitigating Supply-Chain Attacks Against 33% of the Internet

We wrote a cryptography library entirely in PHP to make your WordPress site secure against supply-chain attacks.


Protecting RSA-based Protocols Against Adaptive Chosen-Ciphertext Attacks

A deep dive into preventing chosen-ciphertext (e.g. padding oracle) attacks against RSA in custom encrypted transport protocols.


Let's Make 2017 the Year of Simply Secure PHP Cryptography

Our plan to make libsodium a core PHP extension and write a userland polyfill for PHP 5.2.4+


Everything You Know About Public-Key Encryption in PHP is Wrong

The perils and pitfalls involved with implementing public-key encryption in a PHP project, and how to do it right.


Guide to Automatic Security Updates For PHP Developers

Greatly improve the security of your software by making it automatically apply the latest security updates.


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Will tomorrow bring costly and embarrassing data breaches? Or will it bring growth, success, and peace of mind?

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We specialize in cryptography and secure PHP development.

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The first mails quarterly and often showcases our behind-the-scenes projects.

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