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Crypto-Agility in the Advent of Post Quantum Computing
There is no question that quantum computing is coming. However, organizations need to question themselves as to whether they will be vulnerable to...
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NIST's Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process
Most current public-key cryptography (asymmetric) algorithms are vulnerable to attack from large-scale quantum computers. In its efforts to...
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Crypto-Abstraction Layer: What You Need to Know
Chris Allen: 23. October 2021
A crypto-abstraction layer (CAL) is, in its most general sense, an application programming interface (API) - also known as a library- that hides...
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Quantum Computing and Cryptography Infrastructure Investments
The rise of quantum computing is expected to have significant impacts on both financial and technological considerations when evaluating...
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Symmetric Encryption Algorithms And The Need For Crypto-Agility
In this second installment of a three-part series on symmetric key encryption technology, we look at the evolution of symmetric key encryption...
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The SHA-1 Attack Further Emphasizes the Need for Crypto-Agility
Edlyn Teske: 24. January 2020
The first practical chosen-prefix collision attack on SHA-1 was announced in January 2020 by researchers Gaëtan Leurent and Thomas Peyrin: “SHA-1 is...
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SHA-1 is Practical and Cost-Effective to Crack Now
This article discusses recent warnings that a chosen-prefix collision attack on SHA-1 is now practical and cost-effective for attackers.
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Symmetric Key Encryption - why, where and how it’s used in banking
In today’s cyber-world there is an ever-present risk of unauthorized access to all forms of data. Most at risk is financial and payment system data...
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Quantum Computing: The Future of Cryptography
“Quantum computing” is computation performed using a computing device based on the strange, counter-intuitive physical properties of matter at very...