What is cryptography, AES and AES-NI?
Cryptography, encryption, identity theft, rootkit, malware - none of this sounds familiar? You're not alone. These are words that identifies with managing, communicating, and protecting information and...
View ArticleIntel(R) Xeon(R) 5600 Series Launched with Intel(R) Advanced Encryption...
With the launch of the Intel(R) Xeon(R) 5600 series, out came the built-in Intel(R) AES New Instructions for protecting data in-flight and data at rest. Intel(R) AES-NI serves to encrypt/decrypt each...
View ArticleIs AES-128 and AES-256 broken?
At RSA conference 2010 in San Francisco, the cryptographer panel consisting of legends such as Ron Rivest of MIT, Adi Shamir, and former NSA director Brian Snow cited one of the highlights from 2009...
View ArticleAES Encryption: How To Secure The Enterprise
Security is a top IT concern. This continues to be true as data centers adopt virtualization and cloud technologies. As the attackers shift to more criminal –based and as regulations require explicit...
View ArticleData Protection Tips: How To Use TDE and AES-NI Acceleration
ETA 10/26/10: New Patch Changes. Today, Oracle announces the addition of Intel® AES-NI acceleration into Oracle 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.2) Advanced Security Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) on Intel®...
View ArticlePatch Release Alert: Oracle Database Enterprise Edition TDE encryption with...
A new patch for Oracle Database Enterprise Edition (ODEE) version 11.2.0.2 has been released by Oracle. This patch enables tablespace *encryption* with Intel(R) AES-NI by default. Without this patch,...
View ArticleHow can data protection technology be used in the cloud?
More users, more devices, more content… By year 2015, we’ll add another 1 billion users to today’s 1.5 billion1, over 10 billion connected devices at 2.5x today’s rate, more complex content requiring...
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