Image encryption and optical security systems have rapidly evolved into essential tools for safeguarding sensitive visual data across diverse applications. By utilising the principles of optics in ...
As quantum computing advances, traditional encryption faces growing risks from powerful new algorithms. In a bid to address these issues, a government-owned company in China has introduced what it ...
Encryption is the process of converting readable data into a coded format that is only accessible by someone with the proper key or password. At its core, encryption ensures privacy and security by ...
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) will now automatically encrypt all new objects added on buckets on the server side, using AES-256 by default. While the server-side encryption system has been ...
“Q-Day” is the term some experts use to describe when large-scale quantum computers are able to factorize the large prime numbers that underlie our public encryption systems, such as the ones that are ...
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What is AES-256 encryption?

You may have seen some VPN providers boasting about using AES-256 encryption, but it’s not immediately apparent what this means or how it helps keep your data safe. Essentially, VPNs use encryption to ...
Apple is finally bringing end-to-end encryption to most of iCloud, including backups, photos and more. In an interview, Apple software chief Craig Federighi sat down with WSJ’s Joanna Stern to explain ...
Lost devices and data theft remain a major worry for enterprise IT firms. One way to protect against data loss is full-device encryption, now made easier to implement via self-encrypting hard drives ...
Portable SSD encryption protects sensitive data through hardware-level security, authentication, and automatic locking. It ensures files remain unreadable even if devices are lost, stolen, or ...