SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- http://www.OBSNews.com -- High-tech
encryption technology companies are becoming increasingly important in the
multi-billion dollar worldwide computer security industry. These software and
hardware companies are constantly seeking ways to stay ahead of hackers and
software that can circumvent privacy protection programs.
Increasingly, PC manufacturers, especially laptop makers are looking for
innovative ways to give customers built-in encryption protection beyond simply
including anti-spyware and anti-virus software. According to the U.S. 2007
Annual CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey a notebook computer is
stolen every 53 seconds, and 97% are never recovered.
Computer Hardware and Software Makers Focus on Encryption
Computer maker Dell (http://www.Dell.com) recently announced a partnership
with Seagate (http://www.Seagate.com) to ship laptop computers to consumers
with a 160 GB self-encrypting hard drive. McAfee (http://www.McAfee.com) has
also announced a partnership with Seagate Secure(TM) to provide enterprise
level software to manage and secure corporate-owned notebook computers.
Some of the encryption algorithms supporting these products are known by
unusual names and acronyms like: RSA, AES-256, Blowfish (448-bit key), CAST5,
Serpent, Triple DES, and Twofish. All of these processes own unique strengths
and weaknesses, and all are theoretically breakable in our lifetimes. A holy
grail in the computer data security world is a fast and easy to use
unbreakable encryption program that requires little system resources from the
computer's CPU.
Unbreakable Encryption?
One company that claims to have created such a program is Praetorian Key,
Inc. (http://www.PraetorianKey.com). Their program, they claim, is better
than an 'old style' alphanumeric encryption program, and that it prevents any
chance of access to encrypted data via keyboard, mouse, or remote attacker
using a network or the internet or a network.
The only way to decrypt locked files is to use a separate 'key' on a CD,
DVD, or USB drive. According to the company it would take nine trillion years
to break the code without a key.
CEO Howard Budwin issued an open challenge to hackers to see if anyone
could decrypt the files encrypted by Praetorian Key, but no one has succeeded
yet, not even the author of the program. "Even if a team of hackers executed
a brute force attack, it could not be done. It's like being protected by
Brinks, the FBI, and the CIA combined."
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