Department of Homeland Security asked security pros to rethink encryption at last week’s RSA conference. DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said the spread of encryption is posting public safety challenges and making it harder for the government to fight both criminals and terrorists. But for security vendors providing encryption technology to enterprise customers, tampering with encryption protocols would do more damage than harm. Here are seven ways security pros believe the DHS is wrong on encryption protocols: Encryption protects against criminals, back doors, key escrows and other mechanisms that allow government agencies to bypass encryption.”]
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