Although the cost of encryption technology — be it Triple DES, AES, Blowfish, RSA or one of many other alternatives on the market — is negligible, implementing it can lead to higher storage and processing costs. Although ciphers long have been a staple of spy thrillers and mysteries, data encryption now has gained a real — and critical — foothold in the business world. “Encryption and authentication are playing a very important role, in particular with most businesses moving online and adding business processes online,” said Ed Kim, product line manager for PKI and device authentication in VeriSign’s security services business unit. Full Story
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