Stories about: Advanced Encryption Standard

My heart sank when I first saw Al Gore pull out his BlackBerry. It was in the waning weeks of the 2000 US presidential campaign, and there he was on the TV, tapping away on his then-novel converged device. Though I had no evidence, I was positive that whatever he was reading had already been perused by some conservative skunk works, with his responses scrutinized not long after. Given recent revelations about the opposition's ethics and panting obsession with domestic spying, I still suspect that any eavesdropping technically possible at the time was probably being done.

Take advantage of the latest security tools and keep your users informed if you want to achieve wire-free bliss.

Australian VoIP service providers must keep interception channels open for law enforcement following a legislative review which IT Minister Helen Coonan has endorsed.

Jim Stallings is two months into his job as general manager of IBM's mainframe System z division. In an interview this week with Computerworld's Patrick Thibodeau, Stallings mapped out some of his plans, including security, the training of 20,000 mainframe workers by 2010 and the prospect of new specialty processors.

CIOs and CISOs will need smart policies, good awareness programs and judicious enforcement to manage risks presented by the latest techno-trends.

Wireless networks carry risks, but understanding what you need from your network - and what you don't - will help you limit those risks and gain benefits from the popular technology

Skype is a great way to communicate. But CSOs should know that it also brings auditing and monitoring challenges.

With security vulnerabilities increasing, IT managers who do not make the right decisions today face an even greater level of exposure over the next five years, analysts warned last week.

At the Crypto 2004 conference in California, this month, researchers announced several weaknesses in common hash functions. These results, while mathematically significant, aren't cause for alarm. But even so, it's probably time for the cryptography community to get together and create a new hash standard.

What every CSO needs to know about encryption.