Nathan Eddy works as an independent filmmaker and journalist based in Berlin, specializing in architecture, business technology and healthcare IT. He is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill ...

As AI-accelerated cybercrime and quantum computing rapidly erode the protections of traditional public-key cryptography, Symmatrics introduces a fundamentally different approach: a non-mathematical, ...

For thousands of years, if you wanted to send a secret message, there was basically one way to do it. You’d scramble the message using a special rule, known only to you and your intended audience.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For thousands of years, if you wanted to send a secret message, there was basically one way to do it. You’d scramble the message using a ...

In the context of cryptography, a public key is an alphanumeric string that serves as an essential component of asymmetric encryption algorithms. It is typically derived from a private key, which must ...

Cryptography is an obscure discipline. Unless you're in big tech, a university or a research organization, you're unlikely to meet its practitioners. Even then, you might have to search to find them.

The transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) has moved from research planning to operational execution. Federal policy, emerging procurement requirements, and evolving security standards are ...

The LEAF Community has launched LEAF Verified, a next-generation access credential built on NXP’s MIFARE DUOX technology designed to simplify encryption key management and enable broader ...