In a surprise announcement, security vendor RSA yesterday released the patent for its public key encryption algorithm - the de facto security standard for the web. RSA's patent had been due to expire on 20 September, but the company released the...
According to Ian Walker, CTO at security company Entrust, there are two cryptographic methods currently deployed by the industry. PK-based technologies are eagerly used by financial institutions who need maximum transmission security," said RSA's...
RSA's Nightingale uses "secret-splitting", a cryptographic technique previously used in very high-end systems. Breaking passwords in two and storing them in two places will make systems more secure, RSA Security said at its eponymous security show...
RSA Security, one of the biggest names in security, also offers its SecureID token for passcodes that are good for 60 seconds. Entries are time-stamped, digitally signed and chained to adjacent entries using encryption based on a hardware appliance...
On top of which, anyone using VoIP over their home PC will not be able to use the service during an electricity blackout (unless they also ran a generator or an uninterruptible power supply). The communications regulator announced that internet...
Andrew Moloney, security expert at RSA Security, said: "All the focus has been on the 'level one' merchants - the high street and multi-national retailers - and making sure they are compliant with PCI DSS.
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