Cities and counties are responsible for a great deal of sensitive information, from police officers' home addresses and citizens' credit card and banking information to medical data and more. In a ...

In a letter to a watchdog lawmaker last week, the Department of Defense confirmed that it will finally, in 2018, join the 21st century and use a popular basic encryption tool to help make emails to ...

If you’ve read anything about technology in the last few years, you may have seen the term “encryption” floating around. It’s a simple concept, but the realities of its use are enormously complicated.

The FCC voted unanimously to allow cable companies such as Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Cablevision to encrypt basic services, Bloomberg reported. Prior to the ruling issued late Friday, cable ...

Windows 11 is gaining anew, hardware accelerated BitLocker encryption capability on new devices starting next year.

But PQC, PQ3, post-quantum cryptography—just what do all these terms mean? Here’s what you need to know about post-quantum encryption and why it will be critical in protecting our most sensitive data ...

This discovery comes at a time of intense scrutiny of Apple's encryption software and its role in national security. The FBI is locked in a legal battle with the technology giant over access to data ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, ...

When recently-appointed president of RSA, Amit Yoran, opened his company’s flagship conference yesterday, he warned the security industry was living in the dark ages. Protections just aren’t working, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. TheFCC adopted a Report and Order Oct. 10, 2012 that amends its rules to allow cable TV operators ...