The government confirmed on Tuesday that it had opened an investigation into the reports that Crypto, a Zug-based communications encryption firm, was secretly owned by the CIA and West German intelligence services for decades. Keep Reading
While the tech industry has fought bitterly with Washington for years over the issue, it’s gained new urgency as Facebook works to encrypt its megapopular messaging services. Keep Reading
A quarter-century and many research dollars later, the world still hasn’t created a quantum computer capable of breaking public-key encryption. Keep Reading
“We’ve put some of the brightest minds in the country on the issue,” said Wray. “We’ve learned that it can, responsibly, be done.” Keep Reading
The HECTOR program seeks to develop a set of tools and programming languages that will allow data to be processed while remaining in an encrypted state. Keep Reading
The agency is in possession of what’s believed to be Connor Betts’s primary phone but can’t open it because it requires a passcode. Keep Reading
Attorney General William Barr renewed the longstanding feud between law enforcement and tech companies over the issue of encryption. Keep Reading
The Government Accountability Office has identified 14 new information system security control deficiencies at the Internal Revenue Service. Eight of these deficiencies relate to access controls, four to configuration management, one to segregation of duties, and one to contingency planning. Keep Reading
The Electronic Horizon Foundation launched in January 2016 as an IT help desk of sorts to walk ISIS supporters through how to encrypt their communications. Keep Reading
It is designed to enable the regions to securely communicate sensitive or classified information within their organizations and with central government authorities. Sectra Tiger/R will be used by key individuals in the security organizations to communicate sensitive information, such as crisis preparedness, information security or incident response capability. Keep Reading