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 ...

Image encryption and associated security algorithms have become critical in protecting visual data as digital communication networks expand. Contemporary methods combine traditional cryptographic ...

Quantum computing represents a major threat to encryption, and the inflection point may be less than five years away.

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The assessment service includes creation of a cryptographic bill of materials to map where and how encryption is used across ...

A joint House hearing on Wednesday will examine how AI and quantum computing will impact current cybersecurity.

The US Department of Commerce's technical standards organization NIST has nominated the Ascon group of cryptographic algorithms for protecting small devices and information transmitted to and from IoT ...

Algorithms for encrypting computer data come in two main varieties: symmetric and asymmetric. Each encryption type has inherent strengths and weaknesses. Symmetric algorithms convert plain-text data ...

Microsoft recently confirmed that it is finally deprecating RC4, the encryption method used by the Kerberos authentication protocol for the past three decades. Developed by mathematician ...

The true danger isn't just that quantum computers will read our emails. It's that they'll fundamentally change what's ...