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Cryptocurrency Startup Loses Encryption Key for Electronic Wallet

Schneier on Security

The cryptocurrency fintech startup Prime Trust lost the encryption key to its hardware wallet—and the recovery key—and therefore $38.9 I can’t understand why anyone thinks these technologies are a good idea. It is now in bankruptcy.

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Encryption Policy

Tech Republic Security

Encryption is vital for securing data, whether in transit or stored on devices. This policy from TechRepublic Premium provides guidelines for adopting encryption technologies for organizational.

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RAID Technology and the importance of disk encryption in data security

Pen Test Partners

The wider problem The data wasn’t encrypted. Disk encryption is critical here. It converts data into a code unreadable without the proper encryption key, ensuring that even if a disk is removed or accessed by unauthorised individuals, the data remains secure. If these disks lack encryption, sensitive data might be compromised.

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Encryption & Privacy Policy and Technology

Adam Shostack

The Open Technology Institute has an Open Letter to Law Enforcement in the U.S., UK, and Australia: Weak Encryption Puts Billions of Internet Users at Risk. In closely related news, nominations for the 2020 Caspar Bowden Award for Outstanding Research in Privacy Enhancing Technologies are open. press release , letter.)

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Which Types Of Encryption Will Remain Secure As Quantum Computing Develops – And Which Popular Ones Will Not

Joseph Steinberg

As I discussed last month, unless we take actions soon, a tremendous amount of data that is today protected through the use of encryption will become vulnerable to exposure. To protect data in the quantum computing era , therefore, we must change how we encrypt.

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Police Chiefs Call for Solutions to Access Encrypted Data in Serious Crime Cases

The Hacker News

European Police Chiefs said that the complementary partnership between law enforcement agencies and the technology industry is at risk due to end-to-end encryption (E2EE). Privacy measures currently being rolled out, such as end-to-end encryption, will stop tech companies

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Encryption is on the Rise!

Cisco Security

When EMA asked many of the same questions in an updated survey of 204 technology and business leaders toward the end of 2022, they found that nearly all the conclusions in the 2018/2019 report still hold true today. for no other reason than existing technologies being depreciated – but that continues to be a slow process.