One algorithm is heavily used in public-key cryptography: Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA), the original public-key cryptography algorithm from 1978. The Digital Signature Algorithm, or DSA, based on a ...

The new self-encrypting drives are ticketed to be launched in the first quarter of 2010, Wright said. The RSA conference will be held April 21-23 at the Moscone Center.

Intel says its reference design will enable accelerator cards to offload security processing from server CPUs without requiring more rack space.