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What is AES-256 encryption?

You may have seen some VPN providers boasting about using AES-256 encryption, but it’s not immediately apparent what this means or how it helps keep your data safe. Essentially, VPNs use encryption to ...
CSOonline

Is hybrid encryption the answer to post-quantum security?

Many discussions of “hybrid encryption” begin with some debate about just what this means. Hybrid encryption in general refers to the combined use of public-key (asymmetric) cryptography with ...
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Crossed wires: The quantum threat to encryption is real, but you can sleep easy

Amid fears of a looming encryption crisis from quantum computing, experts are proactively implementing robust defences, ...
BGR

Quantum Computing Will Break Existing Encryption Algorithms, So The US Government Developed Stronger Ones

Whenever we talk about end-to-end encrypted data, we're usually talking about messaging apps like iMessage, Signal, WhatsApp, and Google's RCS. But plenty of other data is encrypted to ensure ...
CNET

You’ll Be Glad Your VPN Has Post-Quantum Encryption, Even if You Don’t Need It Now. Here’s Why

Krishi specializes in making complex tech topics, like VPNs, cybersecurity, and online privacy, clear and accessible. With 5+ years of writing experience, his work appears in outlets such as TechRadar ...
Nextgov

NIST will fire the ‘starting gun’ in the race to quantum encryption

As the National Institute of Standards and Technology is slated to soon debut the first round of encryption algorithms it has deemed suited for the potential arrival of a viable quantum computer, ...
Business Wire

Premiering a Breakthrough in Fully Homomorphic Encryption - Vaultree Announces Next-Gen Algorithm!

CORK, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vaultree, a leader in advanced data encryption, is thrilled to announce a groundbreaking development in Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE). This new algorithm, set to ...
ZDNet

If you're not working on quantum-safe encryption now, it's already too late

Remember Nokia? Back before smartphones, many of us carried Nokia's nearly indestructible cell phones. They no longer make phones, but don't count Nokia out. Ever since the company was founded in 1865 ...