Networked computing is a double-edged sword. Connectivity makes transparent sharing of data through e-mail, Web sites, and ftp archives possible, but it also invites unwanted access to your data.

Today's security threats have expanded in scope and seriousness. There can now be millions -- or even billions -- of dollars at risk when information security isn't handled properly. Read now Most ...

If you’ve been using PGP—short for Pretty Good Privacy—to send and receive encrypted emails, it might be time to switch to a different service to maintain the ...

The past few weeks have been a nightmare for data breaches, so good news: Here’s another easily preventable security problem. Adobe’s Product Security Incident Response Team accidentally posted the ...

If you have sent any plaintext confidential emails to someone (most likely you did), have you ever questioned yourself about the mail being tampered with or read by anyone during transit? If not, you ...

In 2015, as part of the wave of encrypting all the things on the internet, encouraged by the Edward Snowden revelations, Facebook announced that it would allow users to receive encrypted emails from ...

PGP is based on the public-key encryption method, which uses two keys: One is a public key that the user disseminates to anyone from whom he wants to receive a message; the other is a private key used ...