14: Cryptography: Asymmetric Encryption and Key Management

In this episode we welcome back Robert Boedigheimer, Microsoft MVP, Pluralsight Author and MDC Speaker for part two in our series on cryptography.  If you haven't listened to part one (Episode 13), we'd suggest listening to the previous episode, which lays the groundwork for much of what we'll talk about today.

1:05 Encryption across languages
3:10 Symmetric vs Asymmetric encryption
5:45 Examples of when to use Symmetric or Asymmetric
7:45 How often to rotate keys
9:25 Private keys do not equal perfect security

NIST recommendations on key management: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-57pt1r5.pdf

Troy Hunt's aggregation site of compromised usernames and passwords: https://haveibeenpwned.com

Robert's full video on Cryptography 101: https://youtu.be/ahgtAvjWYUI

Minnesota Developers Conference: https://mndevconf.com/

Find Robert at @boedie on Twitter.

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