The year 2018 saw the opening salvos of a Cold War. One side of the ongoing conflict is information technology companies, civil libertarians, privacy advocates, and academics. The other side is a mul...

The role of a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) revolves around risk.  Specifically, the CISO’s job is to identify, manage, and, where possible, mitigate risks in a manner consistent with t...

Within IT, the skills shortage for various positions is fairly well known. There’s a hiring and education push for data scientists, IoT developers, and a host of other positions. An oftentimes overl...

The looming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) poses a significant concern for U.S. firms, given the high standards outlined. The Gartner research predicts less than 50% of all the US companies...

Google announced a new beta capability on its Cloud Platform Blog: support for customer-supplied encryption keys -  "Bring Your Own Encryption Keys to Google Cloud Platform"  The feature lets users...

Richard Blech, encryption security expert and CEO of Secure Channels commented on Wall Street Journal report on “Cryptographers Fight FBI on Mobile Security” Richard Blech, Encryption Security...

Richard Blech, CEO & Co-Founder, Secure Channels, on today's news that a CIA-backed tech company found on the Web logins and passwords connected with the DOE, DoD, Dept. of Justice, Dept. of th...