• DocumentCode
    19331
  • Title

    The Importance of Entropy to Information Security

  • Author

    Vassilev, Andrea ; Hall, Timothy A.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
  • Volume
    47
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Feb. 2014
  • Firstpage
    78
  • Lastpage
    81
  • Abstract
    True randomness can´t be left to chance. Adopting improved entropy sources that feed into good deterministic random bit generators, together with rigorous estimation of available entropy, will help achieve the guarantees promised by cryptography to protect sensitive information.
  • Keywords
    cryptography; entropy; cryptography; deterministic random bit generators; entropy estimation; improved entropy sources; information security; sensitive information protection; Cryptography; Entropy; Generators; NIST; Random processes; cryptography; deterministic random bit generators; entropy; information security; pseudorandom number generators; security;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2014.47
  • Filename
    6756842
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=19331