(Nanowerk Spotlight) Hydrogels are crosslinked polymer networks that can absorb huge volumes of water. In recent years, significant progress has been made with so-called "stimuli-responsive" hydrogels ...

Cryptographic algorithms are the backbone of secure data and communication. When deployed correctly, public-key algorithms have generally helped safeguard data against attacks. However, industry ...

To guarantee high data security, encryption must be unbreakable while the data remains rapidly and easily readable. A novel strategy for optical encryption/decryption of information has now been ...

The increasing amount of data we’re all generating is everywhere: in smartphones, laptops, thumb drives, and dozens of online services. How can we secure all of them against unwarranted access? We ...

Mobile apps have replaced texting. Cloud storage have replaced pen drives. Hardly anything exists in the offline mode. Everything is online, interconnected and also increasingly prone to security ...

Commentary E-Discovery How to Manage Encrypted Data in Microsoft 365 Discovery With cyberattacks on the rise, Microsoft 365 provides several different ways for organizations to protect data. In doing ...

Learn how to protect the information handled by your .NET applications by encrypting and decrypting the data using either a single key or a public/private key pair. Encryption transforms data into a ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

Encrypting files on your computer helps to secure your data from unauthorized access. Microsoft Windows features the native ability to encrypt files and folders on your hard drives and removable media ...

A fresh chapter of the crypto wars looks to be opening up in Europe, after the French and German interior ministers took to a podium yesterday to lobby for a law change that would enable courts to ...