In updating its point-to-point encryption standard, the PCI Security Standards Council says the resulting simplified validation process for component and software providers will result in more ...

History has shown that it is always necessary for security to evolve to meet the demands of new technology. Moore's Law may work wonders for computing horsepower, but it creates nightmares for ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is proposing that the Data Encryption Standard (DES), a popular encryption algorithm, lose its certification for use in software products sold ...

comment The Data Encryption Standard, or DES, was a mid-'70s brainchild of the National Bureau of Standards: the first modern, public, freely available encryption algorithm. For over two decades, DES ...

Title: Data Encryption Standard Effective Date: 2019 Responsible Office: Information Technology Last Updated: Under Review Encryption, when combined with appropriate access controls, is an important ...

BERLIN (AP) — Cybersecurity researchers in Europe say they have discovered a flaw in an encryption algorithm used by cellphones that may have allowed attackers to eavesdrop on some data traffic for ...

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 3, 2009 file photo German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a cell phone with a photo of her on the screen during her opening walk at the CeBIT in Hanover, northern Germany.