Stories about: Advanced Encryption Standard

Quest Privilege Manager for Unix (QPM) currently only works with Unix derivatives. No Windows allowed.

Bull has a gadget for businesses worried about the security of data stored on laptops: a bootable, portable password-protected hard disk drive with an embedded cryptographic processor that protects data if the device is lost or stolen.

Seagate Technology says it's adding a self-encrypting capability to its Cheetah 15K disk drive based on a specification promulgated by the Trusted Computing Group.

How simple is it to network your home via existing power lines?

People trying to communicate across oppressive national firewalls could be interested in ScatterChat, a secure IM (instant messaging) application developed by an international group of hackers, human rights activists, lawyers and security experts.

Jim Stallings, the new general manager of IBM's mainframe System z division, is settling into his job by promising 100 customer visits in his first 100 days. He's been on the job for two months and in an interview this week mapped out some of his plans, including increased automation of security, the training of 20,000 workers in mainframe skills before 2010 and the prospect of new specialty processors.

New wireless standards intended to enhance security and support high-bandwidth applications are in the works and will appear in products by the end of next year, say industry analysts at the Wi-Fi Planet Conference and Expo in San Jose, California, last week.

Signaling the next step in securing standard wireless LAN access points, the Wi-Fi Alliance on Tuesday unveiled its first certifications of products for compliance with the WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) specification.