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Classification of Cryptographic Keys
This article is meant to be an introduction to the different types of cryptographic keys that are used to protect digital applications in encryption...
3DES
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Cryptographic Key Management - the Risks and Mitigation
With the growing need for cryptography solutions to protect digital assets and communications, the ever-present security holes in modern computer...
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What is a Crypto-Abstraction Layer?
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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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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Quantum Computing and its Impact on Cryptography
“Quantum computing” is computation performed using a computing device based on the strange, counter-intuitive physical properties of matter at very...
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What is Crypto-Agility?
Crypto-agility, or cryptographic agility, is the capacity for an information security system to adopt an alternative to the original encryption...
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3DES is Officially Being Retired
According to draft guidance published by NIST on July 19, 2018, the Triple Data Encryption Algorithm (TDEA) or 3DES is officially being retired. The...
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PKI for EMV cards compliant to PCI DSS
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is an information security standard to prevent credit card scams and numerous additional...