Cryptographic algorithms lie at the heart of modern information security, and substitution box (S‐box) design is a critical component in achieving robust encryption. S‐boxes provide the nonlinearity ...

In the world of information security, we often see statements such as ‘secured by 128-bit AES’ or ‘protected by 2048 bit authentication’. We are used to people asking about the strength of the ...

In July, the National Institute of Standards and Technologies selected four cryptography algorithms as national standards for public key security in order to prepare for an era of quantum computers, ...

Snowden documents say NSA introduced weaknesses to the number-generating guidance. The National Institute of Standards and Technology has finally removed a cryptographic algorithm from its draft ...

Members can download this article in PDF format. In the last two articles, we covered the basic concepts and two basic types of cryptography. In this article, we will look at specific implementation ...

Keeping information secure is paramount in today’s connected world. Towards this end governments and businesses worldwide view cryptography as a key protective tool to secure critical data and ...