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Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future

eSecurity Planet

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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MY TAKE: Rising geopolitical tensions suggest a dire need for tighter cybersecurity in 2024

The Last Watchdog

and Israel, 2005 – 2010,) Operation Aurora (China, 2009,) the Sony Pictures hack (North Korea, 2015,) and WannaCry (North Korea, 2017.) Regulators are responding by implementing stricter data privacy and supply chain security standards. It’s not just Russia. This means company leaders must do their due diligence.