Keyczar - Google’s crypto for non-cryptographers

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Google has released Keyczar, billed as a "Toolkit for safe and simple cryptography", under an Apache 2.0 open source licence. Keyczar has been developed by members of the Google security team and aims to make cryptography more accessible to application developers.Keyczar's design goals were to manage the complexity of cryptography ...

Vista, Word and Google Desktop circumvent TrueCrypt function

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Cryptography expert Bruce Schneier, in conjunction with a research group, has studied the security of TrueCrypt, to see whether it meets the specifications for a 'Deniable File System' (DFS) – implemented in TrueCrypt as hidden volumes – and is really able to conceal the existence of a volume within a ...

IronKey USB key has military grade encryption

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Plenty of USB storage keys are on the market, but Ironkey is the first to use military level encryption. Sold in 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB sizes, the key features a processor called the Cryptochip, which uses Public Key Cryptography ciphers linked to an online account to create encryption keys on ...

Three-Layer Encryption Method Awarded Patent

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Eruces Data Security has secured a patent for its three-step encryption and key management scheme, which is designed to lock down data through its lifecycle. The security firm’s so-called Tricryption technology first encrypts the data itself with symmetric keys, and then encrypts the keys and stores them in a central key ...