Cryptography

Best tools to perform steganography [updated 2020]

In the past few years, the term “steganography” has attracted the attention of law enforcement agencies. This technique has been used by hackers to transmit

Security risks of outdated encryption: Is your data really secure?

Introduction They say that those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. A salient factor in the defeat of Austria by Prussia in the 1866 Austro-P

Cryptography careers and IoT vulnerabilities with Ted Shorter

In this episode of Infosec’s Cyber Work podcast series, host Chris Sienko speaks with Ted Shorter. Ted is co-founder and CTO of Keyfactor, a computer securit

Knowledge and Skills Related to Applied Cryptography and Cryptanalysis

Introduction to applied cryptography Cryptography is widely used in modern technology, particularly in software. The primary purpose of cryptography is to p

Disk Encryption 101

Disk Encryption 101 Encryption is one of the basic ways by which organizations and individuals can help to protect their information and that of their client

The Dangers of “Rolling Your Own” Encryption

Why It Takes a Community to Create Good Encryption What would our online world be like without cryptography? For a start, security as we know it would not ex

Quantum computation and its effects on cryptography

Cryptography is a method of protecting communication and data through the use of codes, so that only the ones with authorized access can read and/or process

TPMs or HSMs and their role in full-disk encryption (FDE)

Your data can’t be secured without establishing a root of trust! Even when you perform a full-disk encryption to encode all of your data, you must first plac

DESlock+ Encryption

Many laws and regulations require that to operate in compliance with federal and state standards, organizations have to encrypt computers that house sensitiv

Basics of cryptography: The practical application and use of cryptography

Cryptography originated about 4000 years ago, and the world of cryptography has evolved a lot since then. Today 'Cryptography' is omnipresent in our lives wi