The National Institute of Standards and Technology says the advent of massively parallel computing has rendered the Data Encryption Standard inadequate to protect federal government information.

Title: Data Encryption Standard Effective Date: 2019 Responsible Office: Information Technology Last Updated: Under Review Encryption, when combined with appropriate access controls, is an important ...

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a flaw in an encryption algorithm used by cellphones that may have allowed attackers to eavesdrop on some data traffic for more than two decades.

Encryption is essential for protecting data, with both symmetric and asymmetric methods offering unique advantages.

The AES will replace the aging Data Encryption Standard, but not Triple DES, both FIPS standards. DES was developed by IBM Corp. (ibm) and adopted as a standard in 1976 by the U.S. government.