Public-key encryption, as noted in the profile of cryptographer Bruce Schneier, is complicated in detail but simple in outline. The article below is an outline of the principles of the most common ...

In the context of cryptography, a public key is an alphanumeric string that serves as an essential component of asymmetric encryption algorithms. It is typically derived from a private key, which must ...

Apple says testing missed flaws in new encryption designed to protect against future attacks from quantum computers, so it ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has selected four candidates to form the basis of future data-protection technologies to resist attack by quantum computers, the US science agency ...

IBM adds NIST’s new public-key encryption and digital signatures algorithms to defend against attacks by future quantum computers. While the need for it may be years away, IBM has added additional ...

While a standard isn't in place yet, now is the time to understand your risks and put a focus on agility. Okay, we get it: Quantum computers will break today’s public key cryptography. So, now what?

Microsoft announced today the first public preview of a new Microsoft 365 security feature named Double Key Encryption. "Double Key Encryption enables you to protect your highly sensitive data while ...

Cybersecurity researchers and analysts are rightly worried that a new type of computer, based on quantum physics rather than more standard electronics, could break most modern cryptography. The effect ...

Quantum computers stand a good chance of changing the face computing, and that goes double for encryption. For encryption methods that rely on the fact that brute-forcing the key takes too long with ...