Apple hires Encryption Expert to Beef Up Security on its Devices

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have waged legal war on encryption and privacy technologies. You may have heard many news stories about the legal battle between Apple and the FBI over unlocking an iPhone that belonged to the San Bernardino shooter. However, that was just one battle in ...

Apple Hires Crypto Innovator Jon Callas

Jon Callas, equal parts security entrepreneur and innovator, has been hired at Apple for what will be his third stint with the company. Callas left Silent Circle, a company he cofounded, in April after four years there. Silent Circle designs and produces secure communication platforms, including...

Apple Hires New Security Chief

Apple has hired a software security expert to head up its growing internal security group. The company has hired David Rice, a former National Security Agency analyst and consultant on security issues, according to reports. Rice is currently the director of policy reform at the U.S. Cyber...

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...

Jon Callas on PGP, Crypto History and Cloud Security

Dennis Fisher talks with Jon Callas, CTO of PGP, about the history of cryptography, the evolution of PGP itself and the future of cloud security. Download Subscribe to the Digital Underground podcast on Podcast audio courtesy of sykboy65...