Data Encryption Standard (DES) is an outdated symmetric key method of data encryption. It was adopted in 1977 for government agencies to protect sensitive data and was officially retired in 2005. IBM ...

NIST released its first set of post-quantum cryptography standards in August 2024, giving organizations a clear path forward in securing their systems with quantum-safe algorithms. The standards ...

An IBM quantum computer during a 2023 inauguration event. Last week, a cybersecurity-focused trade group for the financial services industry released a whitepaper advocating for banks and other ...

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology today released its Federal Information Process Standards for post-quantum cryptography, a new set of standards that ...

The NIST has finalized three post-quantum cryptography standards after nearly a decade of work to better protect the Internet, cryptocurrency, and communications. This move is in preparation for the ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The creation of classical computing may have paved the way for the modern ...

Data stolen today could be decrypted by future quantum computers, and many apps already use outdated algorithms that ordinary computers can break.CHICAGO, Oct. (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NowSecure today ...

I have been in the financial industry my whole career, protecting NPI and PII data. However, as we enter the era of quantum computing, strong encryption standards become even more crucial, especially ...

US government agency on Tuesday named four technologies it expects will keep computer data secret when quantum computers are mature enough to crack today's encryption tech. It’s a key step in securing ...

The world’s first post-quantum cryptography standards have been formalized by the US National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST). The standards provide organizations with a framework to secure ...

There is a potential dark side to quantum computing, one that is a threat to how we secure data. Back in 1994, Peter Shor developed an algorithm for factoring large numbers using a quantum computer, ...

Beginning in 2016, NIST began a lengthy public competition to develop "post-quantum" cryptographic schemes, which are a subset of "quantum-safe algorithms." NIST described the quantum decryption ...