Misuse and careless handling of personal data by some online companies have come to the attention of lawmakers, and the European parliament has responded with updated legislation. The EU directive that currently governs the processing of personal data dates from 1995; a time when the very suitabilit...

Since Peter Shor published his eponymous algorithm for factoring composite numbers in 1994, cryptographic experts have speculated over whether and when the quantum computer needed to execute his algorithm on numbers of the size used in present-day public-key cryptosystems would become a reality.  If...

As part of Entrust's ongoing celebration of our 20th Anniversary of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), we're looking back in a four-part series on the pioneers, processes and events that have shaped this ever-evolving technology.  In the first three parts, we traced the early history of PKI and hig...