Paragon Initiative Enterprises Blog

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

Release: sodium_compat v2 and the Future of Our Polyfill Libraries

Your PHP 5 code won't break, but your PHP 8.1+ code will be faster and cleaner


Recap: Our Contributions to a More Secure Internet

A short summary of the work we've done to make the Internet more secure for everyone.


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.


Demystifying Server-Side HTTP Requests for WordPress Developers

Your webserver can initiate HTTP requests too, and securing those matters a lot.


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.


CipherSweet: Searchable Encryption Doesn't Have to be Bitter

CipherSweet is a PHP library that provides searchable encryption for the most common cases a web developer is likely to encounter.


Our PHP Security Roadmap for the Year 2019

We have a lot of work ahead of us in 2019, and we hope it benefits the entire PHP community


Our Ambitious Plan to Make Insecure PHP Software a Thing of the Past

Let's solve application security at an ecosystem level by updating outdated and/or insecure blog posts to refer developers to better practices.


The 2018 Guide to Building Secure PHP Software

Everything a developer needs to know to build secure software in the PHP programming language in the year 2018


Securing the PHP Community with Paragon Initiative Enterprises Hosted Services

Introducing PIE-Hosted Services to Help Further our Goals to Secure the Entire PHP Ecosystem


Need Technology Consultants?

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

Our team of technology consultants have extensive knowledge and experience with application security and web/application development.

We specialize in cryptography and secure PHP development.

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Our Security Newsletters

Want the latest from Paragon Initiative Enterprises delivered straight to your inbox? We have two newsletters to choose from.

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

The other is unscheduled and gives you a direct feed into the findings of our open source security research initiatives.

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