Symmetric and asymmetric: why two types of encryption?
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PRIM’X is already mobilizing to counter the quantum threat
The more or less imminent arrival of quantum computers will challenge current cryptographic technology. In response to this new threat, PRIM'X is working on building post-quantum algorithms into its encryption…
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Symmetric and asymmetric: why two types of encryption?
Encryption is one of the solutions to protect yourself and guarantee confidentiality. There are actually two main families: asymmetric encryption (e.g.: RSA, ECDSA) and symmetric encryption (e.g: AES-256). Each has…
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How to secure a thumb drive or an external hard drive?
Knowing that USB devices (thumb drive, external hard drive) as well as memory cards (SD cards) are easy to duplicate, steal or lose. It’s imperative to define a strategy to…
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Data: a valuable asset to protect using encryption
Although it doesn’t feature on balance sheets (yet), collected and stored data is a very important asset which must be protected. To understand that, you just have to look at…
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