Posts Tagged ‘cryptographic algorithms’

NIST Uses SHA-1 Algorithm to Sign Certificates Despite Banning Such Practices

Feb

2014

In 2011, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a special publication with recommendations on transitioning the use of cryptographic algorithms. At the time, NISTnoted, SHA-1 shall not be used for digital signature generation after December 31, 2013. However, experts from Netcraft noticed that, on January 23, a newly released SSL certificate issued […]

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Can simple Google searches reveal your secrets?

Jul

2011

It seems pretty obvious that implementing solid security practices, such as encryption, is a guaranteed way to protect your company secrets. Or is it? As a data protection and privacy professional, I feel even the best cryptographic algorithms are useless when the secret guarding the secret is commonly available. Think about this for a moment. […]

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