More than 400 years ago, Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisoned in an English castle on charges that she’d conspired against Queen Elizabeth I, her cousin. As she tried to save her head, Mary wrote ...

In this modern world of communications, cryptography has an important role in the security of data transmission and is the best method of data protection against passive and active fraud. In this ...

One of the principal challenges of resource sharing on data communication network is its security. This is premised on the fact that once there is connectivity between computers sharing some resources ...

The Decrypt Project uses artificial intelligence to decipher old documents and uncover hidden information. It is a team of experts in history and archaeology who study manuscripts from different parts ...

A former bombe operator shows the back of a drum from the decryption machine at Bletchley Park. ALESSIA PIERDOMENICO/Reuters/Corbis Despite the events depicted in The ...

Many people worry that quantum computers will be able to crack certain codes used to send secure messages. The codes in question encrypt data using “trapdoor” mathematical functions that work easily ...