Encryption is never out of the spotlight in this industry, but the methods that businesses can deploy to encrypt their data are wide-ranging. Daniel Brecht examines the pros and cons of the various ...

The senators behind a controversial encryption bill defended their work in an op-ed on Wednesday night, but security experts pounced on their reasoning and said it was evidence of their technological ...

When WhatsApp added end-to-end encryption to every conversation for its billion users two years ago, the mobile messaging giant significantly raised the bar for the privacy of digital communications ...

In today’s digital economy, where organizations rely on cloud computing, mobile technologies and data-driven decision making, securing sensitive information has never been more critical. Encryption ...

A new ransomware called DynA-Crypt was discovered by GData malware analyst Karsten Hahn that not only encrypts your data, but also tries to steal a ton of information from a victim's computer.

The sudden demise of the encryption freeware TrueCrypt has left users and security experts to consider a couple of mysteries. First, what the heck happened to it? Second, and probably more important ...

Implementing advanced encryption to services and applications will become quicker, simpler and more cost-effective. Encryption is an example of "defence-in-depth”, which provides a second security ...

Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) will now automatically encrypt all new objects added on buckets on the server side, using AES-256 by default. While the server-side encryption system has been ...

In today’s fast-changing world of business regulations and data security, many leaders face privacy and protection challenges they aren’t fully prepared to handle. Most understand the basics of ...

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