With stories of new cyberattacks hitting the headlines every other day, not too mention the fact that the NSA seems to have the ability to help itself to whatever data it wants, more advanced ...

Encryption is a security technique. The science of encrypting and decrypting information is called cryptology. “Encryption works by encoding plaintext into ciphertext or coded text, typically through ...

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has chosen the first group of encryption tools designed to withstand the attack of a future quantum computer, which could potentially crack ...

Introduction: A revolutionary cipher -- Cryptology before 1500: a bit of magic -- The black chambers: 1500-1776 -- Crypto goes to war: the American Revolution -- Crypto goes to war: the American Civil ...

What will prevent a United States without electricity, like in "Walking Dead" or "Revolution"? Uninterrupted electricity protects the nation's infrastructure and its computing and communication ...

For decades, the National Security Agency — the country’s electronic code makers and breakers — publicly denied its own existence, becoming known jokingly as “No Such Agency.” Ignoring the obvious was ...

Never in history have more people had access to advanced encryption in their homes, offices, and pockets. The most basic online transactions and communications that Internet users conduct every day ...

SAN FRANCISCO & ZURICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today we announced Internet entrepreneur Max Levchin’s annual prize, the Levchin Prize for Real-World Cryptography. The award honors significant contributions ...

A firm considered one of the leading global voices in encryption has cancelled the announcement of its leadership election results after an official lost the encrypted key needed to unlock them. The ...