Almost a third of the sites on the World Wide Web still don't use HTTPS by default. The data is the result of an analysis Top 1 Million Analysis, promoted by the researcher Scott helmets, from Infosec., and revealed by The register.
According to the publication, Helme performs the analysis by running crawlers on a number of the top millions of websites on the web. In general terms, the researcher pointed out that most security measures were at the top – except for extended verification (EV) certificates.
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According to the report, 71,7% of websites scanned by the study actively redirected their crawler to use HTTPS encrypted connections. In September 2019, they were 57,6%, pointed out the researcher. To The Register, Helme pointed out that the result indicates that the industry is preparing more to guarantee security.
“It looks like industry-wide efforts to focus on deploying more and better encryption are really paying off, and I hope that focus and drive can start to spread to other areas of security as we approach the tipping point. of saturation for HTTPS”, said Helme.
