Code warriors battle on
May 31, 2006
By Doug Beizer
To keep pace with adversaries, the Defense Department and the National Security Agency’s Information Assurance Directorate have an ongoing effort called the Cryptographic Modernization Initiative. The initiative’s goal is to transform and modernize information assurance capabilities for the 21st century.
“In the encryption world, probably on a timeframe of every seven to 10 years, there’s a need for new encryption algorithms,” said Anthony Caputo, chairman and CEO of SafeNet Inc. of Belcamp, Md. “Because every year, the enemy or hackers’ tools are getting better, periodically you have to increase the strength of the encryption algorithms. That’s what the Cryptographic Modernization [Initiative] does.”
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To keep pace with adversaries, the Defense Department and the National Security Agency’s Information Assurance Directorate have an ongoing effort called the Cryptographic Modernization Initiative. The initiative’s goal is to transform and modernize information assurance capabilities for the 21st century.
“In the encryption world, probably on a timeframe of every seven to 10 years, there’s a need for new encryption algorithms,” said Anthony Caputo, chairman and CEO of SafeNet Inc. of Belcamp, Md. “Because every year, the enemy or hackers’ tools are getting better, periodically you have to increase the strength of the encryption algorithms. That’s what the Cryptographic Modernization [Initiative] does.”
Source: http://www.washingtontechnology.com/