Category: Encrypted Messaging

In the summer of 2017, we witnessed the WannaCry attack, the worst ransomware outbreak in history. According to a Reuters report, global revenue losses from the attack were estimated to be as high as $53 billion. Businesses of all sizes in both the private and public sectors were affected by

I had just about started my workday yesterday and a friend’s message popped into my Wickr app. “Kik Messenger is shutting down….” As I read the story, the first thing that came to mind was an amusing quote which I think could be attributed to Captain Obvious: “It’s hard to

Contact Discovery For most message platforms, usually the first thing users will do after creating an account is to start adding people to their contact list; a process commonly known as Contact Discovery (CD). In fact, for many platforms, adding someone to your contact list is a necessary prerequisite to

If your organization is looking for a new company-wide messaging app, there are lots of choices available. That means, however, that it’s easy to make the wrong choice – and end up with a messaging solution doesn’t offer the right levels of data encryption. With that in mind, here are

Data encryption is necessary to help protect your company’s valuable data. It’s also important when you need to keep your company’s communications secure. For this reason, you need to consider updating your company’s communications solutions to ensure the strongest possible security – which typically includes encrypted messaging. When it comes

It’s important for members of your team to effectively and efficiently communicate and collaborate with each another. So, using an encrypted messaging app is a great way to do so. According to McKinsey Digital, 80% of companies that were surveyed use messaging and other social tools for collaborative purposes. It’s

Security is important for your business. You don’t want prying eyes snooping on your data or accessing your private communications. Unfortunately, the vast majority of messages sent via email and text are vulnerable to unauthorized access. The Center for Strategic & International Studies estimates that 82% of total communications traffic

The public didn’t always have to be so diligent about keeping their data secure. However, as long as tech companies, government entities, and cybercriminals want access to your data, it is more important than ever to be vigilant. Although developers have created end-to-end encryption to protect data from imposters or

The rapid proliferation of Secure Messaging Protocols (SMPs) in government, industry, and the wider public have accelerated both industry and academic cryptographic and security engineering research and development to create better SMPs. In this post, I’ll go over several of the most innovative and exciting directions these efforts are leading.

Secure Messaging (SM) platforms are an increasingly vital tool for both individuals and entire organizations to protect themselves from a wide variety of threats. In this post, I’ll discuss what I believe to be an important, yet sometimes overlooked, distinction to be made between Managed SM (MSM) platforms and (the

In this series of blog posts, I’m going to talk about secure messaging protocols. The first post will discuss some important milestones in their history that led us to where we are today. The next post will go over some exciting cutting-edge developments currently taking place both in the industry

The great irony of my professional life is that after accumulating experience related to information security and risk management, and then helping create a product that helps people secure their most sensitive communications, the biggest criticism I hear is that Wickr may be too secure. Not in a way that