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"First and foremost, there is no proper excuse for continued use of a broken cryptographic primitive (MD5) when sufficiently strong alternatives are readily available, for example SHA-2. Secondly, there is no substitute for security awareness." ... "Advice from experts should be taken seriously and early in the process. In this case, MD5 should have been phased out soon after 2004."

Alexander Sotirov, Marc Stevens, Jacob Appelbaum, Arjen Lenstra, David Molnar, Dag Arne Osvik, Benne de Wegerr, "MD5 considered harmful today - Creating a rogue CA certificate", December 2008
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“When will we be secure? Nobody knows for sure – but it cannot happen before commercial security products and services possess not only enough functionality to satisfy customers’ stated needs, but also sufficient assurance of quality, reliability, safety, and appropriateness for use. Such assurances are lacking in most of today’s commercial security products and services.”

Brian Snow, Former Technical Director of the US National Security Agency (NSA), "We need Assurance", 2005

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"Unfortunately, the security issues of a technology near the end of its lifetime are typically overlooked. The best known example is that of cryptographic keys and algorithms which may need to offer in some cases security for 50 to 100 years."
SecurIST, “D3.3 – ICT Security & Dependability Research beyond 2010: Final Strategy”, January 2007
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Synaptic publications

This section contains Synaptic Laboratories printed white papers, slide shows and specifications.

Can't find an expert opinion that is cycling on our website? Interested in reading an expert opinion in more depth? This section includes the long version of a wide selection of expert opinions on information assurance and quantum computing.

Frequently Asked Questions

This section contains an extensive range of facts and frequently asked questions on security and hardware related issues. The information in this section has been targeted for a wide reading audience.

Streaming Videos

This page hold's links to various online streaming video series. Videos range from a few minutes up to an hour depending on the series. You can find Synaptic Labs' Cybersecurity Video Series from this page.

Security bibliography

An annotated partially cross-referenced bibliography of security publications with links to full-text online sources where available.

Hardware bibliography

An annotated partially cross-referenced bibliography of semiconductor and general hardware publications with links to full-text online sources where available.

As part of Synaptic Labs' research and development process we have compiled a comprehensive multi-domain knowledge base. We publish portions of this information openly on our website. Click on a link above to select a section.