Proposed standards for protecting data on disk or tape are gathering steam within the IEEE and could be supported in products this year, according to proponents. Such standard technology could go a ...

IT shops everywhere are becoming grimly aware of the explosive growth in lost and stolen data from businesses. As many as 10 percent of laptop computers are lost or stolen each year, and most of those ...

Securing information in the data centre is critically important. A company’s data is one of its most valuable assets, and a security plan must provide for protection of data throughout all aspects of ...

Microsoft has tried on a few occasions to use proprietary encryption algorithms rather than rely on industry-standard algorithms. The theory was that a closed-source proprietary algorithm was that ...

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 adversaries ...

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is a widely adopted and symmetric encryption algorithm standard used while securing data. It is a cryptographic standard, which was established by the US National ...

SystemRescue 13.02 ships age 1.3.1, the first post-quantum file encryption tool in any mainstream live rescue distribution, ...

Companies relying on self-encrypting drives (SEDs) to secure data stored on their employees’ laptops should be aware that this technology is not immune to attack and should carefully consider whether ...