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Small Company Wants to Make Encryption Key Management Into a Commodity (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the operating-on-the-assumption-that-all-networks-will-be-cracked-sooner-or-later dept.

StrongAuth helps protect data with strong encryption, so that even if a company's network infrastructure is breached, its critical data -- including customers' credit card numbers, for example -- is still safe. Their software is open source, and their objective is to "become like the Toyota Camry of encryption key management," says StrongAuth CTO Arshad Noor. "Everybody should be able to afford it." These are big words from a company that only has 12 employees, all in Silicon Valley, but it's a company that not only has a strong reputation among its small and medium-sized business clients, but is starting to get acceptance from Fortune 500 behemoths, too. In this video interview (and in the transcript), Arshad not only talks about data security, but about how his company makes money while developing and relying purely on open source software. And did somebody ask about Linux? Yes, their software is all based on Linux. CentOS, to be exact.

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  1. Re:Given Time... by buchner.johannes · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Given time, the Sun will become a red giant and destroy Earth. Given time, Dark Energy will rip the universe apart.
    The question is will the keys break before or after that.

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    NB: The message above might reflect my opinion right now, but not necessarily tomorrow or next year.
  2. Re:Given Time... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The question is will the keys break before or after that.

    Secret information is usually time-sensitive. The question is: Can the keys be broken before the information is worthless (de-classified)?

    It's been included many times before, but here is the obligatory XKCD: http://xkcd.com/538/

    As the cartoon and Schneider reveal, those using the security system can be exploited, if one can find them. That's been mentioned many times on 'National security letter' stories where the government is intruding into someone's online life.

  3. Slashdot. STAHP. by PhxBlue · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Dear "Editors":

    This is a new low, even for slashvertising.

    Responsible journalists do their damnedest to make sure their work looks nothing like the ads that appear on their sites. You've just done the exact opposite. In fact, remember when The Atlantic posted a Scientology ad as editorial content? Remember the outcry that went up about the distinction between advertising and news? Well, you've just done the exact same thing.

    Knock it the fuck off. Slashdot was supposed to be "news for nerds." If you want to sell out, do it on your personal time, not here.

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    !#@%*)anks for hanging up the phone, dear.
    1. Re:Slashdot. STAHP. by PhxBlue · · Score: 3, Insightful

      FYI - none of these videos are paid ads.

      Then it's free advertising. Still not seeing the distinction, except that StrongAuth got an even better deal than we thought.

      Those who want to believe otherwise are free to do so, but that doesn't alter the facts.

      Slashvertising is a common enough practice that it has its own portmanteau. That's a fact. And I don't know what you think constitutes journalism, but to me, it doesn't mean sitting down one-on-one with a company talking head and tossing him a bunch of softball questions. That's public relations at best, marketing at worst, but it is not journalism.

      Also FYI: America's elected president wasn't born in Kenya and little blue men don't truck the sun around the earth on an invisible track every day.

      Right, because insulting your readers does wonders to bolster your credibility.

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      !#@%*)anks for hanging up the phone, dear.
    2. Re:Slashdot. STAHP. by Roblimo · · Score: 3, Insightful

      You're right. I shouldn't get upset by people who choose to believe things that aren't true. I apologize.

      I understand the definition of journalism you're using. However, I do not believe that it's necessary to be negative at all times.

      In this case, Tim had a pleasant conversation with the CTO of a company that releases the software it develops for free, under the LGPL.

      What should Tim do? Thunder "How dare you do that!?" at the man?

      Re portmanteaus: Anybody can create one. For instance, I could coin "Slashcretin" to describe some of our less intelligent readers.

      But since I am supposed to absorb abuse, but never supposed to react to it, I will not use the word "Slashcretins" to describe even the most foul-mouthed, ignorant Slashdot readers. (And no, you are not one.)

      So have a nice day, and thank you for your input. :)

      - Robin