What Is CMMC? The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) was developed by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. CMMC was designed to help better protect Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified...
Which Form of Encryption is the Most Secure? Remember back when data breaches were something we heard about every once in a while? Nowadays, reports of them are as reliable as sports scores on the daily news. The constant threat has companies scrambling to not only...
What is an Encryption Certificate? The National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, defines an encryption certificate as “a certificate containing a public key that can encrypt or decrypt electronic messages, files, documents, or data transmissions, or...
Are Passwords Encrypted? Passwords are one of the most important security features available today. Creating secure and unguessable passwords is becoming more complex, let alone remembering the many passwords we use daily. Many websites are programmed not to allow...
What Are Cryptographic Hashes? If you’ve found yourself wondering what exactly hashing is, it’s essentially a mathematical algorithm mapping and compressing data. This can be any data – a name, date of birth, a file, or a transaction. The data can be any size...
As cyber threats become a daily occurrence, it’s more important than ever to understand the different types of encryption. In past weeks, we’ve covered several topics around encryption, and now we’re going to take a closer look at the various encryption types. Quick...
