Cryptography is a funny thing. Supposedly, if you do the right kind of maths to a message, you can send it off to somebody else, and as long as they’re the only one that knows a secret little thing, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lars Daniel covers digital evidence and forensics in life and law. In an era where data breaches and digital surveillance dominate ...

Recent news has shone a spotlight on secure communications. Late last year, China-linked threat actors Salt Typhoon and Liminal Panda compromised telecommunications and Internet-service providers, ...

A few weeks ago we witnessed an incident where military leaders inadvertently included a reporter in what was supposed to be a closed, secure communication channel, all due to the use of the Signal ...

When top White House defense and national security leaders discussed plans for an attack on targets in Yemen over the messaging app Signal, it raised many questions about operational security and ...

What if you could send a message without ever needing Wi-Fi, cellular data, or even an internet connection? It sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, but with BitChat, it’s a reality. Created by ...

The promise of the digital age was always a sense of permanence. And for over 30 years, things have looked that way. Email has been the backbone of business communication for anyone who entered the ...

Iranians are forced to use homegrown apps as the authorities tighten internet restrictions for security reasons - Copyright AFP ATTA KENARE Iranians are forced to use ...

There was a time when secure communications sat quietly in the background of enterprise IT. It was something deployed to satisfy a policy requirement, activated in specific scenarios, and largely ...

Mobile devices are everywhere, and most healthcare organizations are following the trend and adopting mobile devices at the point of care. In particular, clinicians at hospitals and healthcare ...