The National Institute of Standards and Technology says the advent of massively parallel computing has rendered the Data Encryption Standard inadequate to protect federal government information.

Data encryption refers to the process of transforming electronic information into a scrambled form that can only be read by someone who knows how to translate the code. Encryption was already used ...

In an era where cyber threats are ever-evolving, ensuring the security of our data is paramount. From quantum-resistant ...

The world’s six largest computer drive makers Tuesday published the final specifications (download PDF) for a single, full-disk encryption standard that can be used across all hard disk drives ...

In 2024, a research team claimed to have used a quantum computer to break a core part of internet security, RSA encryption, but it's not time to panic just yet.

The anticipated advent of quantum computing will have a devastating impact on existing modes of asymmetric data encryption. It’s likely that quantum-capable cyber-thieves, not to mention ...

In a world facing ongoing cyber threats, encryption is one of the most effective yet underutilized tools to mitigate and prevent data breaches.

According to Jörg Schwenk who teaches of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at RUB, all data encryption algorithms recommended in the XML Encryption standard are affected by this ...

Drive manufacturers will be able to choose between 128-bit and 256-bit AES encryption, which should prove adequate to protect the drive's data even in situations where a TPM module is unavailable.