Commerce department announces new Encryption Standard.

• Position: News Briefs - National Institute of Standards and Technology - Brief Article

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology announced in December the approval of a new encryption standard for the federal government. The Advanced Encryption Standard, or AES, is also expected to be used widely in the private sector to protect sensitive computerized information and financial transactions. The new standard contains a sophisticated mathematical formula known as an algorithm. Algorithms are at the heart of...