A data-first approach can help agencies avoid turning post-quantum cryptography adoption into a multi-year overhaul.

Curious about the security of your documents in the cloud? You’re not alone. We recently received an email from Dana in Marietta, Ga., who is asking this, "I just read your article on saving documents ...

The Kraken ransomware, which targets Windows, Linux/VMware ESXi systems, is testing machines to check how fast it can encrypt ...

Privacy Please is an ongoing series exploring the ways privacy is violated in the modern world, and what can be done about it. Cooper Quintin, a security researcher ...

If you’ve read anything about technology in the last few years, you may have seen the term “encryption” floating around. It’s a simple concept, but the realities of its use are enormously complicated.

Contract manufacturers often complain that—for fear of disclosing proprietary information—customers often refuse to reveal exactly how their products work. The customers' skittishness is ...

The high costs and reputational damage caused when breaches expose sensitive customer information appear to be having little effect in persuading many companies to protect their data. Sixty percent of ...

Google said Thursday it will by default encrypt data warehoused in its Cloud Storage service. The server-side encryption is now active for all new data written to Cloud Storage, and older data will be ...

On the Mark: Encrypting data stored on tapes, CD-ROMs and other media can be hard to manage without an intelligent, automated key-management system. Looks like Mark Hall has come across one.