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 ...

I spoke to OpenSSL President Tim Hudson to learn how business can prepare for a post-quantum internet and the logistical ...

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 ...

For more than 25 years, a technology used for critical data and voice radio communications around the world has been shrouded in secrecy to prevent anyone from closely scrutinizing its security ...

Hi, I'm Matthias, co-founder of Tuta, a secure email service. We are innovation leaders in encrypted communication and collaboration. The world is changing at a faster pace than ever, particularly in ...

The US now has four post-quantum cryptographic algorithms it plans to make part of a new set of public-key cryptography standards by 2024. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of ...

Virtual private networks, or VPNs, have become an essential part of today’s online security toolkit. A VPN hides your public IP address by routing your internet traffic through a remote server. It ...

When choosing cloud storage, you may come across terms like:"It is encrypted""It is zero-knowledge""It is client-side ...

Two years ago, researchers in the Netherlands discovered an intentional backdoor in an encryption algorithm baked into radios used by critical infrastructure–as well as police, intelligence agencies, ...

One of the easiest ways to protect your privacy and security on a smartphone is to set a passcode or biometric lock to enable disk encryption. That way if your phone gets lost or stolen, no one can ...