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  • Encryption: Building to code

    Data protection mandates in legislation like HIPAA and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are making encryption more popular, but cryptography as a point solution is another story.  Article | 22 Mar 2004

  • Who's Who in Infosec: Whitfield Diffie

    Who's Who in Infosec is an ongoing series featuring profiles of security professionals and their contributions to the industry.  Article | 02 Jul 2003

  • Experts: Encryption not a security cure-all

    Enterprises have to understand what security problems they have before deciding whether to encrypt data or secure the network or system on which that data is traveling.  Article | 28 Apr 2003

  • Companies focus on storage encryption

    Encryption and compression chip-maker Hifn has teamed up with storage appliance vendor NeoScale to market and sell the latter's new line of storage appliances. The appliances can protect data both while it's in transit and stored.  Article | 10 Feb 2003

  • Quick Takes: ZIP inventors add encryption

    PKWare announced new PKZip products that add strong encryption for MVS and OS/400 platforms and upgrades to its Unix and Windows products, leading off this edition of Quick Takes.  Article | 03 Feb 2003

  • Expert deconstructs the cracking of 64-bit key

    Last week, Distributed.net announced it had successfully cracked RSA Security's RC5-64 cipher, the company's 64-bit encryption key. Distributed.net, the nonprofit Birmingham, Ala.-based group that says its mission is the promotion of distributed comp...  Interview | 09 Oct 2002

  • Beware of PGP 'con job'

    The recently announced security flaw in PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), the popular e-mail encryption software, relies more on social engineering than a glitch in the actual technology. It won't wreak havoc unless a user is tricked into hitting the reply ...  Interview | 14 Aug 2002

  • (#6) Tech Tip: Tales from the crypto, part one

    This series of tips provides simplified explanations of current encryption technologies, with some suggestions for specific situations thrown in.  Article | 18 Jan 2002

  • Quick Takes: RSA encryption software gets key validation

    Quick Takes: RSA encryption software gets key validation  Article | 05 Nov 2001

  • Experts sound off on calls for crypto bans

    Experts sounds off on calls for crypto bans  Article | 26 Sep 2001

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