Critical Infrastructure Security, Data Security, Encryption

New encryption specification

A group of technology providers have created a new protocol designed to streamline encryption and key management systems across an enterprise. The companies, including IBM, Seagate and RSA, on Thursday announced the Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KIMP), and plan to submit it to nonprofit OASIS, which drives the development of security standards. KIMP seeks to increase encryption adoption, while helping organizations reduce costs and risks. — DK

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256-bit EncryptionByteDiffie-HellmanDigital SignatureEncapsulationFull-Disk Encryption (FDE)One-Way EncryptionPublic-Key Forward Secrecy (PFS)Stream CipherTransport Layer Security (TLS)

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