When that break occurs, the mathematics behind the code moves instantly. Organizations, however, do not move so fast.

Artificial intelligence changed how decisions are made. Quantum computing will decide whether those decisions remain secure.

Stop obsessing over trendy algorithms; your sloppy key management is the real security "black hole" that AI and quantum ...

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 ...

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Whenever we talk about end-to-end encrypted data, we're usually talking about messaging apps like iMessage, Signal, WhatsApp, and Google's RCS. But plenty of other data is encrypted to ensure ...

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 ...

New research says today’s quantum computers are far too weak to threaten Bitcoin’s cryptography, leaving the network years to ...

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 ...