What is AES-256 encryption?

You may have seen some VPN providers boasting about using AES-256 encryption, but it’s not immediately apparent what this ...
Business Wire

Kingston Digital Releases Touch-Screen Hardware-Encrypted External SSD for Data Protection

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today ...
Bleeping Computer

Amazon S3 will now encrypt all new data with AES-256 by default

Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) will now automatically encrypt all new objects added on buckets on the server side, using AES-256 by default. While the server-side encryption system has been ...
Geeky Gadgets

Kingston IronKey Vault Privacy 50 USB drive with XTS-AES 256-bit Encryption

Kingston has launched its new IronKey Vault Privacy 50 USB drive featuring XTS-AES 256-bit Encryption and FIPS 197 Certification. The IronKey Vault Privacy 50 ...
Forbes

These Boffins Hid 256-Bit Encryption Key In Ink Molecules Of Handwritten Letter

Readers of a certain age will remember those 'invisible ink' spy toys that let you write a 'secret' message which would only appear after rubbing the page with half of a lemon. Yeah, this is not that.
Network World

Best practices for removable media encryption

USB flash drives, iPods and other portable storage devices are pervasive in the workplace and a real threat. They can introduce viruses or malicious code to the network and be used to store sensitive ...