One of my graduate students wrote to me recently about the rash of data losses on unencrypted laptop computers and backup media and asked how I would promulgate policy to cope with the problem. Here’s ...

Cryptographic obfuscation and functional encryption have emerged as pivotal tools in contemporary cryptography, offering novel ways to secure software and data while preserving functionality. At its ...

What's the biggest problem in data security these days? Would you believe it's the widespread use of "trusted servers" to store and secure data, at least according to Amit Sahai, Brent Waters, and ...

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Despite a big push over the past few years to use encryption to combat security breaches, lack of expertise among developers and overly complex libraries have led to widespread implementation failures ...

With all the different hacks, data breaches and loss of personally identifiable information (PII) that are occurring, organizations are being challenged to encrypt their data throughout the data life ...

In the digital age, data security has become a paramount concern for individuals and organizations alike. With cyber threats evolving at an alarming rate, protecting sensitive information is not just ...

In today’s digital economy, where organizations rely on cloud computing, mobile technologies and data-driven decision making, securing sensitive information has never been more critical. Encryption ...

In my blog “The Methods of Memory Encryption to Protect Data in Use,” I discussed how the XTS/XEX mode of encryption was the appropriate choice for protecting data stored in and accessed from memory, ...