Tag: encryption

Quantum computing will soon break current encryption algorithms

9. January 2022

After a couple of articles on fraud related topics, I decided that it is high time that I publish another article on a security topic, which is dear to my heart. Quantum computing is on the brink of becoming a reality. IBM conducts research and innovation with its system Quantum Eagle. The German government decided … More Quantum computing will soon break current encryption algorithms

Encryption of communication paths – it’s so easy but often not implemented

12. December 2015

In a recent meeting with a customer group on security topics, one of the attendees asked everybody else whether they had implemented system-to-system encryption behind the firewalls in their internal landscape. Only one attendee said yes. And it applied only for one system deemed extremely critical. To my astonishment nobody considered this strange or negligent. … More Encryption of communication paths – it’s so easy but often not implemented