eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption scrambles data to make it unreadable to those without decryption keys. Proper use of encryption preserves secrecy and radically lowers the potential damage of a successful cybersecurity attack. Encryption algorithm types will provide an overview of the mathematical algorithms used to encrypt data (AES, RSA, etc.),

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Encryption and the development of cryptography have been a cornerstone of IT security for decades and remain critical for data protection against evolving threats. While cryptology is thousands of years old, modern cryptography took off in the 1970s with the help of the Diffie-Hellman-Merkle and RSA encryption algorithms.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Security experts have detected and analyzed some of the tools in its arsenals, such as the popular Pegasus spyware (for iOS) and Chrysaor (for Android). In July, the Kazakhstan government has begun intercepting all the encrypted traffic and to do it forced users in the country to install a certificate. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eDiscovery Daily

MARCH 3, 2019

In 2001, Microsoft researchers, Banko and Brill, released a paper Scaling to Very Very Large Corpora for Natural Language Disambiguation , which described how most work in the area of natural language processing was on small data sets of less than a million words. Use highest-grade security standards to protect encryption keys.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 31, 2024

Of course it was before 2008, when we created the Security and Human Behavior workshop. It was well before 2001, when we created the Workshop on Economics and Information Security. I know I was at the Fast Software Encryption workshop in December 1993, another conference he created. Okay, he created both—I helped.)

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

out of 5 stars on Chrome web store, 9 out of 10 pairs of participants failed to complete the assigned task of exchanging encrypted emails, i.e. 90% failure rate. The most common mistake that repeatedly occurred in all of these studies [13,14,15] was to encrypt a message with the sender’s public key. This type of scheme (e.g., [8,9])

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Naturally, database vendors are leading providers of database security tools, and a growing number of cloud-based database providers are moving deeper into the data security space. Security is paramount. Starting our list of the top database security vendors is the multinational cloud computing company, Alibaba Cloud.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

These malicious encryption attacks that take your data hostage are the most financially harmful attacks for companies. It’s not uncommon for most data to remain encrypted or corrupted. IPv6 : v=spf1 ip6 :2001:4860:4860::8888 ip6 :2001:4860:4860::8844 -all. Essential Email Security. Rampant Ransomware Attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 6, 2021

Web application firewalls (WAFs) are a critical component for robust application security. The best ones find the right balance between performance, security effectiveness, and cost. Leaving its CDN technology and advanced security features, Akamai is also one of the leading top zero trust solutions.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

This week, in our last podcast of the year, we revisit some of the biggest information security stories from the past 12 months. As is now traditional, I’ve installed myself in the porter’s chair next to the fire in the library, ready to recap some of the year’s more newsworthy information security events. caused problems of their own.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 8, 2022

The idea is to standardize on both a public-key encryption and digital signature algorithm that is resistant to quantum computing, well before anyone builds a useful quantum computer. NIST is an old hand at this competitive process, having previously done this with symmetric algorithms (AES in 2001) and hash functions (SHA-3 in 2015).

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Endpoint security software is designed to detect, avert, and eradicate malware on endpoint devices like desktop computers, laptops, network servers, and mobile phones. Endpoint security solutions are available in three forms—personal, small and mid-sized business (SMB), and enterprise use. Bitdefender Premium Security.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

One possible solution, touted by former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on a recent podcast , would be for the federal government to step in and help pay for these sorts of attacks by providing a cyber insurance backstop. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The 9/11 attacks cost insurers and reinsurers $47 billion.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 24, 2023

FIPS 140-3 sets encryption and protection standards for everything from software, SSDs and HDDs to network switches and new quantum encryption standards, yet product certifications have been running far behind historical norms. FIPS 140-2 was issued in May 2001 and FIPS 140-1 was sunsetted a year later.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

Since the inception of data forensics almost forty years ago, methods for investigating security events have given way to a market of vendors and tools offering digital forensics software (DFS). Under their Security Suite products, OpenText provides industry-renowned EnCase. ProDiscover. Paraben Corporation.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Despite this, Comodo suggests there's value in EV because of the "bigger security display": The larger security indicator makes it very clear to the user that the website is secure. You know what makes people think the website is "secure"? back in 2001. Too long ago?

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Named after a character from “Scooby-Doo,” the Creeper was originally intended as a security test for the U.S. As a security test, the Creeper’s effects on infected machines were minimal. Read More: Top Secure Email Gateway Solutions for 2022. Going Mobile and Going Global: 2001-2010. However, despite claims from U.S.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 30, 2018

In this industry, there's everything from income-producing equipment to conferences to charitable donations to an organisation like Let's Encrypt that can reduce your tax bill (obviously get expert advice on this if you're not sure). Free legal money and there are many, many ways to do it. Ruan Kranz ?? krankit_io) December 27, 2018.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Luckily for cybersecurity startups, there’s no shortage of interest in tomorrow’s next big security vendors. billion in 2021, and growing concerns over data security , software supply chains , and ransomware suggest the market will remain strong through economic ups and downs. How Do VC Firms Work? AllegisCyber Capital.

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