Cryptography Research
7 Stories
To encrypt or not? That is the question
Insight Encryption hasn't become the privacy panacea it was once promised to be for e-mail, but it's making headway on hard drives. Here's why it isn't mainstream, yet.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data security, Security applications/tools, Security Management, PGP Corp., Microsoft Corp., Data, Microsoft Windows Live, Encryption, e-mail
Can cryptography prevent printer-ink piracy?
News A San Francisco company is developing chips that use encryption to control which ink cartridges and printers work together.
Tags: Peripherals, Authentication and encryption
Is security getting any easier?
News Although companies are making headway on many security problems, don't expect headaches like spam to disappear anytime soon, security experts say.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Spam and phishing
Leaking crypto keys from mobile devices
News Attackers could steal keys used for encryption and authentication on mobile devices by analyzing electromagnetic signals and radio frequency emissions, researcher says.
Tags: Mobile, Authentication and encryption, cable box, Key, Phone, bank, mobile, Authentication and encryption, Attack, Mobile Device
Belt-tightening may affect security, warn experts
News At the RSA Conference Europe 2008, experts warned that cost-cutting may force some companies to implement tech that does not have "security maturity".
Tags: Security, Virtualization, Budgeting/cost control, Conference, VMware Inc., RFC, London, Cryptography Research, security adviser, VoIP
Symantec's Ramzan on solving the antivirus puzzle
News From puzzles and chess to ciphers and antivirus software, Zulfikar Ramzan talks about how he got into the computer security business and where it's headed.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, App servers, IT project management, R&D, Antivirus software, Norton Co., Security, computer science, Machine, Cryptography
Crypto experts: All hail AES
News The government finally did something right. That seemed to be the common theme at the RSA Data Security Conference.
