The European Commission's Article 29 Working Party has issued a statement concerning the use of encryption and its impact on the protection of individuals, with regard to the processing of their personal data within the EU.

The financial services sector was a slow starter when it came to digital transformation. As an industry, it has typically adopted new technologies at a slower pace than other key consumer sectors such as retail and entertainment. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, as security has always...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an American governmental agency; dedicated to the promotion of innovation and industrial competitiveness. Notably, this includes the publication of standards in the field of cyber-security and cryptography. For example, the hash function...

Every year, the experts at IBM Research publish a list of five technologies they predict will have a major impact on our lives over the next five years. The “5 in 5” list features some of the biggest breakthrough technologies coming out of the IBM labs.

When it comes to high-profile data breaches, the financial services sector has been the victim of more than its fair share. From the Heartland breach in 2009 that saw the card details of 130 million customers compromised to the Equifax breach of 2017 that saw 143 million customer records exposed.