CipherCloud has announced that its implementation of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption algorithm has been certified as U.S. FIPS PUB 197 (FIPS 197), validation number 1976. “Reaching ...

In today's electronic age, the importance of digitalcryptography in securing electronic data transactions isunquestionable. Every day, users electronically generate andcommunicate a large volume of ...

History has shown that it is always necessary for security to evolve to meet the demands of new technology. Moore's Law may work wonders for computing horsepower, but it creates nightmares for ...

Quantum computers could one day crack the encryption protecting your most sensitive data. Here's how VPNs are adapting.

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), has received significant interest over the past decade due to its performance and security level. Many hardware implementations have been proposed. In most of the ...

A number of you have e-mailed in to report that the Advanced Encryption Standard (aka, AES) encryption appears to be compromised (<i>andy fat bastard</i> was first, so he wins). The issue is whether ...

The government finally did something right. That seemed to be the common theme at the RSA Data Security Conference on Monday afternoon with encryption experts praising the US government's selection of ...

A formula used to turn ordinary data, or "plaintext," into a secret coded message known as "ciphertext." The ciphertext can reside in storage or travel over unsecure networks without its contents ...