Cryptography: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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Business Definition for: Cryptography

  • a powerful means of restricting access to part or all of a Web site, whereby only a user with an assigned "key" can request and read the information

Wiktionary Definition for: Cryptography

  • The discipline concerned with communication security (eg, confidentiality of messages, integrity of messages, sender authentication, non-repudiation of messages, and many other related issues); all in the presence of active attackers. Cryptography is not limited to pencil and paper, nor the use of computers, but to the general field and possible solutions to such issues. Subfields include encode encoding, decode decoding, cryptanalysis, codes, ciphers, etc.

Additional Resources

Practical Cryptography: Using .NET and RSA in a Performance Management System
The client described in this case study is a national health association with more than 147,000 members. The association takes the growth and development of its 400+ employees very seriously. This technical case study describes the technical challenges in using the .NET Cryptography Namespace System.Security.Cryptography) to protect sensitive data from...
Tags: RSA Security Inc., Performance, Performance Management, Health Care, Cryptography, Association, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Vertical Industries, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
Case studies
Security Leaders Join Forces to Expand Today's Cryptography; IBM and RSA Jointly Work on Open Cryptography
SAN FRANSISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 17, 1996--RSA DATA SECURITY CONFERENCE...Two leaders in computer security, IBM and RSA Data Security, Inc. RSAa, have agreed to develop open cryptography for the Internet and other networks to enable secure electronic commerce.
Tags: cryptography, IBM Corp., RSA Security Inc., security
Research articles 1996-01-17
NetManage Licenses Public Key Cryptography from CYLINK; The Two Firms to Promote an Open Interface for Internet Security which Corrects Flaws and Eliminates Financial and Interoperability Barriers for Cryptography
CUPERTINO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 19, 1995--NetManage, the leader in TCP/IP Applications for Windows and Internet productivity software, announced today that is has signed a licensing agreement with CYLINK Corporation for technology which incorporates the fundamental patents covering public key cryptography.
Tags: barrier, cryptography, financial, Internet, Internet security
Research articles 1995-09-19
An Introduction to Cryptography
Cryptography is the stuff of spy novels and action comics. Kids once saved up Ovaltine labels and sent away for Captain Midnight's Secret Decoder Ring. Almost everyone has seen a television show or movie involving a nondescript suit-clad gentleman with a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist. The term "espionage" conjures...
Tags: Security, Digital Security, PGP Corp., Cryptography
White papers 2004-06-01
Voltage Security, EMC/RSA and Computer History Museum Host Public Key Cryptography (PKC) 30th Anniversary Celebration
WHAT: An event to honor the inventions, inventors, historical milestones and the future of Public Key Cryptography.
Tags: computer, EMC Corp., RSA Security Inc.
Research articles 2006-10-02
Cryptography Research Leads Five Speaking Sessions at RSA® Conference 2007
SAN FRANCISCO -- Cryptography Research, Inc. CRI today announced that company executives will lead five presentations throughout the week at the 16th Annual RSA Conference, February 5-9, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
Tags: Cryptography Research, RSA Security Inc.
Research articles 2007-01-29
Baltimore Technologies Launches CST for VB, the World's First Cryptography Toolkit for Visual Basic
DUBLIN, Ireland--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 20, 1997--Baltimore Technologies confirms their leadership in information security with the launch of CST for VB, a cryptography toolkit for Visual Basic developers.
Tags: cryptography, Microsoft Visual Basic
Research articles 1997-08-20
MagiQ Technologies Solves Quantum Cryptography Geomagnetic Interference Problem in Tests with AT&T; Unanticipated Issues with Earth's Magnetic Field Disturb Some Quantum Key Distribution Devices; MagiQ's QPN 7505 Proves Error-Free
NEW YORK -- MagiQ Technologies, Inc., the quantum information processing QIP company, recently discovered in testing with AT&T Labs (NYSE: T) that the Earth's magnetic field can introduce errors in quantum cryptography setups when running long spans parallel to the Earth's magnetic field. MagiQ announced that its newest quantum cryptography...
Tags: AT&T Corp., magnetic field, Quantum Corp.
Research articles 2005-10-04
Higher Qubit Rates to Make Quantum Cryptography More Viable for Large-Scale Applications.
LONDON, April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The primary quality that makes quantum cryptography special is the security provided by the use of qubits backed by Heisenberg's principle of uncertainty. Millions of these qubits are generated by the single photo LONDON, April 25 /PRNewswire/...
Tags: cryptography, Quantum Corp.
Research articles 2005-04-25
NEC Succeeds in World's Fastest Continuous Quantum Cryptography Key
Tokyo, June 1, 2005 - JCNN - NEC (TSE: 6701) announced on May 31 that the company has achieved a fortnight-long, continuous quantum cryptography final-key generation speed of 13Kbps over a 16.3km-long commercial access optical network, in collaboration with the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology NICT and telecom...
Tags: cryptography, NEC Corp., Quantum Corp.
Research articles 2005-06-01
Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Certicom for Its Product Innovation in the Field of Elliptic Curve Cryptography
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Frost & Sullivan has presented Ontario, Canada-based Certicom, Corp. with the 2007 Product Innovation Award in the field of elliptic curve cryptography ECC.
Tags: Frost & Sullivan, Product Innovation
Research articles 2007-09-10
RSA Day in Washington Brings Together Leading Cryptography Experts, Industry Insiders for Benefit of Government Agencies; April Conference Will Feature Most Current Information on Security Standards, Technologies and Products from Industry and Government
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 25, 1996--In response to the overwhelming success of its annual January San Francisco-based cryptography conference, RSA Data Security Inc. today announced that it will launch a new conference in Washington D.C.
Tags: benefit, cryptography, industry, RSA Security Inc., security, security standard
Research articles 1996-03-25
Optical switch routes single photons of quantum cryptography.(pulse)
Researchers at NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Japan, demonstrated switching of single photons for use in ultrasecure quantum cryptography, which may supersede public-key systems for even more secure links. (Any attempt to measure or eavesdro Researchers at NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Japan, ...
Tags: cryptography, NTT Corp.
Research articles 2005-07-21
American Electronics Association and Software Publishers Association host cryptography policy workshop
WASHINGTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 11, 1995--National cryptography policymaking must keep pace with technological developments, and the Software Publishers Association and the American Electronics Association are cosponsosring a meeting on Aug. 17, 1995 in the State Room at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington to provide a forum for industry-government dialogue.
Tags: American Electronics Association, cryptography
Research articles 1995-08-11
Symantec Press Publishes "Cryptography in the Database"
Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced "Cryptography in the Database - The Last Line of Defense," (Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0321320735, $44.99), published by Symantec Press. Author Kevin Kenan, leader of Symantec's IT application and database program, wrote the book for IT managers and administrators responsible for protecting sensitive information in...
Tags: cryptography, database, Symantec Corp.
Research articles 2005-11-16
VLSI FireGard Cryptography Chip Targets MCNS Cable Modem Market; First Data Security Chip to Meet MCNS Cable Modem Reference Design Standards; Another Mass Market Coup for VLSI Data Security Products
NEW ORLEANS--BUSINESS WIRE--March 16, 1997--VLSI Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:VLSI) has announced it is the first to provide a complete cryptography single-chip solution, FireGardTM.
Tags: chip, First Data Corp., VLSI
Research articles 1997-03-16
Cryptography Research to Host Workshop About Securing Tamper Resistant Devices at RSA Conference 2008
Cryptography Research, Inc. CRI, a worldwide leader in security systems, today announced that it will hold a one-day pre-conference tutorial entitled "Securing Tamper Resistant Devices: An Introduction to Timing Attacks, Simple Power Analysis SPA and Differential Power Analysis DPA" during the RSA Conference 2008, April 7- 11, at the Moscone...
Tags: RSA Security Inc.
Research articles 2008-02-26
Symantec Receives FIPS 140-2, Level 1 Validation for the Symantec Cryptographic Module
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ:SYMC), the global leader in information security, today announced that the Symantec Cryptographic Module has received Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS 140-2, Level 1 validation from the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST. The Symantec Cryptography Module is used in Symantec pcAnywhere 11.5, the...
Tags: Symantec Corp.
Research articles 2005-01-04
USA: NORTHROP GRUMMAN AWARDED CONTRACT FOR ICBM CRYPTOGRAPHY UPGRADE.
Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems of Clearfield, Utah is being awarded modification to contract extension for $43,844,671.This action is to exercise option FY08 for the ICBM Cryptography Upgrade ICU ... Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems of Clearfield, Utah is being awarded modification to...
Tags: Northrop Grumman Corp.
Research articles 2008-01-08
RSA 99 Features docSpace Cryptography as Top Business Opportunity; Competitive Advantage, Increased Profit Margins & E-Commerce Volume with docSpace's Web Application Platform
MENLO PARK, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 14, 1999--The docSpaceTM Company, Inc., leading provider of secure Web-based file delivery and storage applications, today announced it will be featured at RSA 99 as one of the top five business opportunities over the next three years (January 19, 99 3:00PM: "Creating Business Opportunities with Cryptography"...
Tags: competitive advantage, cryptography, RSA Security Inc., Web application
Research articles 1999-01-14
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