encryption
Post-Quantum Cryptography for Authentication: The Enterprise Migration Guide 2026
NIST finalized the first three PQC standards in August 2024. NSS compliance deadlines start January 2027. Learn what ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA mean for authentication, why the migration cannot wait, and how ...
Password managers keep your passwords safe, unless…
Researchers investigated the zero-knowledge claims of password managers—and found some possible attack scenarios ...
47‑Day SSL/TLS Mandates: A Step Towards Transitioning to Automation
SSL certificates are now expiring faster than avocados. Yes… avocados. You buy them green, blink twice, and suddenly they’re brown and useless. That’s exactly what’s happening to SSL/TLS certificates. Not long ago, ...
Survey Sees Little Post-Quantum Computing Encryption Progress
A global survey of 4,149 IT and security practitioners finds that while three-quarters (75%) expect a quantum computer will be capable of breaking traditional public key encryption within five years, only 38% ...
Keyfactor Allies with IBM Consulting to Spur PQC Adoption
Keyfactor has partnered with IBM Consulting to enable organizations to accelerate adoption of post-quantum cryptography (PQC) before existing legacy encryption schemes might be cracked later this decade. Under the terms of the ...
What is ECDSA Encryption? How Does It Work?
What is ECDSA? ECDSA, which stands for Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm, is a type of cryptographic algorithm that is used for the purpose of authenticating the message content. It is called ...
Quantum Computing Stats, Trends & Future 2026: Crucial Year for Quantum Security
The encryption protecting billions of dollars, which experts once called unbreakable, no longer works. Hackers don’t need passwords. They don’t brute-force keys. They simply walk through digital vaults that were supposed to ...
Closing the Document Security Gap: Why Document Workflows Must Be Part of Cybersecurity
Organizations are spending more than ever on cybersecurity, layering defenses around networks, endpoints, and applications. Yet a company’s documents, one of the most fundamental business assets, remains an overlooked weak spot. Documents ...
What Is a Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)? Who Needs a LEI Number?
A unique 20-character alphanumeric code identifying legal entities participating in financial transactions worldwide: the Legal Entity Identifier [LEI] (CFTF Standard No. 057) was established to uniquely identify all legal entities that are ...
Book Review: The Business of Secrets
The Business of Secrets: Adventures in Selling Encryption Around the World by Fred Kinch (May 24, 2024) From the vantage point of today, it’s surreal reading about the commercial cryptography business in ...
