Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary R. James Nicholson Monday has announced that all VA computers throughout the agency will be upgraded with enhanced data security encryption systems beginning ...

The most aggressive users of encryption for PCs, databases, and networks can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on product licenses, training, and support. The added software and hardware layers ...

Two things jump to mind when it comes to encryption: It's a must-have for secure military installations, and it's a huge headache to implement among everyone else. Encryption's reputation as a ...

The European Commission proposes weakening encryption for the public while maintaining strong cryptography for state actors.

A discreetly tucked-away folder that contains your résumé, your tax returns, and other important files may be convenient for you, but it’s also a gold mine for online crooks who steal and sell digital ...

Update, Feb. 5, 2015, 8:10 p.m.: After this article appeared, Werner Koch informed us that last week he was awarded a one-time grant of $60,000 from Linux Foundation’s Core Infrastructure Initiative.

Astonishing and explosive news emerged yesterday yet again from the Snowden files. This is a whopper that is much bigger than PRISM. As reported in the Guardian, the New York Times, and ProPublica, ...

The Clinton administration’s efforts to restrict encryption software took another blow this week. For the second time in less than a year, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled that software used to ...

As lawmakers re-examined the nation's security in the aftermath of Sept. 11th's terrorist attacks, the liberal encryption policy established by the Clinton administration appeared to be a likely ...