NSA Releases Guidance on Obsolete Encryption Tools
Get Permission The National Security Agency has released guidance on how the Defense Department, other federal agencies and the contractors that support them should replace obsolete encryption protocols that can enable cyber intrusions. The NSA recommends that system administrators working at the Pentagon, other agencies in the U.S. government that oversee national security issues, as well as private firms and third parties that supply agencies with technology replace obsolete Transport Layer Security and Secure Sockets Layer protocols that are used to encrypt network traffic traveling betwe...