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Swiss public-sector data protection officers say controlling the geographic location of cloud data isn’t enough: governments must hold the encryption keys too.
Users on both platforms will soon be able to use RCS 3.0 to communicate with one another securely.
A single UK judge is making a decision that has global repercussions.
Company wants to discourage other governments from using the same tactics; the appeal also likely objects to Apple being singled out for this requirement, analysts said.
US national intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard has ‘grave concerns’ about the UK’s encryption backdoor request.
Technologies to Protect Our Data
The battle for government access to encrypted messaging data raises key enterprise IT strategy issues.
Apple has been battling to maintain encryption for a decade. Two federal agencies now see it as a way to fend off foreign hackers.
The research team, led by Wang Chao from Shanghai University, found that D-Wave’s quantum computers can optimize problem-solving in a way that makes it possible to attack encryption methods such as RSA.
When the next version of Windows 11 arrives this fall, encryption via BitLocker will be the default setting for reinstallations and new installations.
Zoom claims to be first videoconferencing software vendor to use post-quantum cryptography to protect users once quantum computers are able to decode encrypted data.
The Online Safety bill, now passed by Parliament, has stirred criticism regarding provisions that will require tech companies to monitor encrypted messages.
The UK government has said it will not use the powers granted by the Online Safety Bill to compel companies to scan encrypted messages until it becomes “technical feasible” to do so only for information about exploitation and abuse.
The release of the enterprise version of the encrypted messaging service, announced at AWS re:Invent, is designed to allow secure collaboration across messaging, voice, video and file sharing.
CSO senior writer Lucian Constantin and Computerworld Executive Editor Ken Mingis talk database security and how MongoDB's new field-level encryption takes security to the next level.