How Would a Birthday Attack Take Place? By Shon Harris

Sue and Joe are going to get married, but before they do, they have a prenuptial contract drawn up that states if they get divorced, then Sue takes her original belongings and Joe takes his original belongings. To ensure this contract is not modified, it is hashed and a message digest value is created.

One month [...]

Risk Management in the IT and Security World

What do we have in the world of risk management in the IT and security world today, a bit of a mess. Risk management has been a nebulous, pathless utopia that has been just out of our reach because we are randomly wandering around in pseudoscience and non-sensible numbering systems.

Risk management in the financial sector [...]

The One-Way Hash by Shon Harris

A one-way hash is a function that takes a variable-length string and a message and produces a fixed-length value called a hash value. For example, if Kevin wants to send a message to Maureen and he wants to ensure the message does not get altered in an unauthorized fashion while it is being transmitted, he [...]