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Gmail client-side encryption: A deep dive

Google Security

Director of Engineering, Google Workspace In February, we expanded Google Workspace client-side encryption (CSE) capabilities to include Gmail and Calendar in addition to Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets , and Meet. When CSE is enabled, email messages are protected using encryption keys that are fully under the customer’s control.

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SMS Security & Privacy Gaps Make It Clear Users Need a Messaging Upgrade

Google Security

People still use and rely on trillions of SMS texts each year to exchange messages with friends, share family photos, and copy two-factor authentication codes to access sensitive data in their bank accounts. These findings add to the well-established facts about SMS’ weaknesses , lack of encryption chief among them.

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NDR unveiled as essential when complying with the Executive Order

Cisco Security

Endpoint detection and response (EDR), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and the need for increased encryption, while implementing a zero-trust approach, were all called out as requirements within the order. Building and maintaining trust beyond the initial authentication is critical in a zero-trust framework.

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Post-Quantum Cryptography: Lessons Learned from SHA-1 Deprecation

Security Boulevard

The same issues, or even worse, will be faced in the near future if businesses, organizations and agencies fail to be proactive in establishing concise and comprehensive policies and practices for migrating to a post-quantum encryption regime. Challenges toward post-quantum cryptography: confidentiality and authentication.

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Researchers found flaws in MEGA that allowed to decrypt of user data

Security Affairs

MEGA has addressed multiple vulnerabilities in its cloud storage service that could have allowed threat actors to decrypt user data stored in encrypted form. “The whitepaper published today represents the gold standard in cryptographic research, and we are extremely grateful for the privilege of having been chosen as a target.

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Protecting Medical Data Against a Cyber-Attack Pandemic

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Today, there is a need to protect the authenticity of individual vaccination records. For instance, the White House’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity order gave Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies 180 days to “adopt multi-factor authentication and encryption for data at rest and in transit.”

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Five Hot Security and Privacy Topics You Need To Understand in 2022

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

These privacy requirements have many companies looking into more advanced encryption methods – like post-quantum crypto and Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) – to ensure data transmissions across the Internet or network are protected, secure, and compliant with local laws and regulations now and for years to come.