Cryptography is one area of information security that is well known but often not well understood. The basics of the algorithms may stay the same, but as attacks and infections evolve, so too must the ...

The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is a symmetric block cipher chosen by the U.S. government to protect classified information. AES uses 128-, 192- or 256-bit keys to encrypt and decrypt data. The ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today the Accredited Standards Committee X9 Inc. (X9) announced the release of a new standard enhancing the security of symmetric key management used in retail ...

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There’s little doubt that some of the most important pillars of modern cryptography will tumble spectacularly once quantum computing, now in its infancy, matures sufficiently. Some experts say that ...

Nathan Eddy works as an independent filmmaker and journalist based in Berlin, specializing in architecture, business technology and healthcare IT. He is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill ...

There are certain buzzwords you hear that immediately boost your confidence in the product that's being sold. You may have heard Apple describe its iPhone 15's aluminum enclosure as aerospace-grade, ...

Many discussions of “hybrid encryption” begin with some debate about just what this means. Hybrid encryption in general refers to the combined use of public-key (asymmetric) cryptography with ...

Software developers are usually told to ‘never write your own cryptography’, and there definitely are sufficient examples to be found in the past decades of cases where DIY crypto routines caused real ...

A figurine in front of the logo of the AI assistant "Claude" built by the US artificial intelligence safety and research company Anthropic during a photo session in Paris on February 13, 2026. Joel ...