Times have changed, and more than a few tools have come and gone that were designed to encrypt your data and keep it safe from prying eyes or data thieves. It's time for a fresh look. Which ...

On Wednesday afternoon, the official website for the TrueCrypt encryption software -- which allows users to encrypt hard drives and sensitive files -- was updated to say that it is no longer safe to ...

Encryption is an interesting thing. The first time I saw encryption in action was on a friend’s Gentoo Linux laptop that could only boot if the USB key with the boot partition and decryption key was ...

Palo Alto, Calif.-based encryption vendor PGP on Monday released updates to its core product line, PGP Encryption Platform and Universal Server, to better lock down information and allow resellers the ...

Tozny, a Portland, Oregon startup that wants to help companies more easily incorporate encryption into programs and processes, introduced TozID today. It is an identity and access control tool that ...

Exactly one year to the day since Edward Snowden leaked tens of thousands of documents that shed light on the vast scope of cybersurveillance that the agency conducts around the world, former NSA ...

Encryption software that performs many of the functions supporting military command and control networks now is easily available to the public. Not only does it match what U.S. forces use, but also it ...

Organizations are starting to take an interest in homomorphic encryption, which allows computation to be performed directly on encrypted data without requiring access to a secret key. While the ...

Most of us—at least the cynical ones—assume that the NSA has probably beaten most of the encryption technologies out there. But a new report from Der Spiegel that draws on documents from Edward ...

Nokia plans to work with Swedish security company Pointsec Mobile Technologies to develop an encryption tool for high-end phones, the companies said Tuesday. The tool will be available for Nokia's ...

If you've been paying attention during Evil Week you might have noticed how easy it is for people to get at your files and invade your privacy. Fight back; this week we want to hear about your ...