Microsoft announces the 2026 Security Excellence Awards winners

In today’s fast‑moving digital arena, security isn’t a solo act—it’s a team sport. Every day, defenders across the globe suit up, strategize, and work shoulder‑to‑shoulder to protect organizations and communities from an ever‑evolving field of cyberthreats. That shared spirit of collaboration is...

A Survey of Post-Quantum Cryptography Support in Cryptographic Libraries

The rapid advancement of quantum computing poses a significant threat to modern cryptographic systems, necessitating the transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography PQC. This study evaluates the support for PQC algorithms within nine widely used open-source cryptographic libraries -- OpenSSL, wolfSSL...

Microsoft announces the 2023 Microsoft Security Excellence Awards winners

In a world that’s constantly changing and challenging us, we believe that nothing can stop us when we work together. That’s the spirit of collaboration we celebrated on April 24, 2023, at the fourth annual Microsoft Security Excellence Awards. These awards recognize outstanding contributions from...

NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards

Quantum computing is a completely new paradigm for computers. A quantum computer uses quantum properties such as superposition, which allows a qubit a quantum bit to be neither 0 nor 1, but something much more complicated. In theory, such a computer can solve problems too complex for conventional...

Finalists announced in second annual Microsoft Security 20/20 awards

2020 was a transformational year. Seemingly overnight, COVID-19 reshaped our perspective on work, home life, and security. Setting up home offices and powering through online presentations in our pajama bottoms with cameos by pets and children, our industry rose to the challenge. All that...

January 18, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “San Francisco” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! January 18, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: SC Awards Finalists 2018...

January 18, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “San Francisco” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! January 18, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: SC Awards Finalists 2018...

Bridging the Skills Gap with Trend Micro’s Capture the Flag (CTF) Competition

We all know the IT security industry is suffering from chronic skills gaps and shortages around the world. In the US things are no different, with an estimated talent shortfall of around 40,000 jobs for information security analyst roles alone. While various initiatives have been proposed, few ha...

From Three Nations and Three Different Perspectives, Blue Hat Finalists Focus on Defense

By Rob Lemos LAS VEGAS — If Jared DeMott hadn’t been eager to take a different path, he would never be in security, much less a finalist in Microsoft’s search for defensive technologies, known as the Blue Hat Prize.Raised in a manufacturing town, he was accepted to the Air Force Academy in 1996,...

Microsoft Reveals Blue Hat Prize Finalists

Microsoft has announced the three finalists for its $200,000 Blue Hat Prize contest and all three of the researchers in the running for the win submitted technologies designed to defeat ROP return-oriented programming exploits. Each of the entrants takes a different tack with his ROP defense and ...

Roman Andreev wins Facebook Hacker Cup 2012

Roman Andreev wins Facebook Hacker Cup 2012 25 of the world's best hackers gathered for Facebook's 2nd annual Hacker Cup event being held at its offices in Menlo Park. Roman Andreev from Russia completed one problem correctly in 1 hr 4 min and won Facebook's Hacker Cup to get his name placed on a...

Open Source Awards 2011 launched - "Recognizing excellence in open source"

Open Source Awards 2011 launched - "Recognizing excellence in open source" The 'Packt Open Source Awards 2011' have been announced. Formerly the Open Source CMS Award, the contest has been running since 2006 and, according to a press release sent to .net, is "regarded as one of the most establish...

NIST Announces SHA-3 Hash Function Finalists

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has chosen the five finalists for the last round of its competition to find the next hash function standard. The SHA-3 finalists include Skein, developed by a group including Bruce Schneier and Jon Callas. The other four SHA-3 finalists are BLAKE...