Abstract: Described embodiments provide for provisioning devices securely using zero touch deployments. A controller application can receive a first authentication code from the controller. The controller application can establish, responsive to receiving the first authentication code, a short-range wireless connection with the device within a pairing range of the controller application using at least one of one or more short-range wireless communication types. The controller application can receive a second authentication code from the device via the short-range wireless connection. The controller application can determine that the first authentication code received from the controller corresponds to the second authentication code received via the short-range wireless connection.

Abstract: Described embodiments provide for provisioning devices securely using zero touch deployments. A controller application can receive a first authentication code from the controller. The controller application can establish, responsive to receiving the first authentication code, a short-range wireless connection with the device within a pairing range of the controller application using at least one of one or more short-range wireless communication types. The controller application can receive a second authentication code from the device via the short-range wireless connection. The controller application can determine that the first authentication code received from the controller corresponds to the second authentication code received via the short-range wireless connection.

Abstract: A method for validating a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) includes generating electronic media content including the URL, generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) including the URL, sending the CSR to a certificate signing server, receiving a signed certificate corresponding to the CSR from the certificate signing server, and encoding the signed certificate as metadata in the electronic media content and/or encoding a serial number associated with the signed certificate as metadata in the electronic media content. A user can send the URL to another user through a chat message, an email, a word processing document or other business application, or a document which has a URL through a pen drive, email, or chat message. The certificate-based mechanism is used to validate the origin (sender) of the URL so that the recipients know that the URL can be accessed without having to separately analyze the security risks.