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By default TK8 Safe uses AES encryption algorithm to protect your data file.

 

AES stands for Advanced Encryption Standard. It is a symmetric key encryption technique which will replace the commonly used Data Encryption Standard (DES). It was the result of a worldwide call for submissions of encryption algorithms issued by the US Government's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 1997 and completed in 2000. The winning algorithm, Rijndael, was developed by two Belgian cryptologists, Vincent Rijmen and Joan Daemen.

 

AES provides strong encryption and has been selected by NIST as a Federal Information Processing Standard in November 2001 (FIPS-197), and in June 2003 the U.S. Government (NSA) announced that AES is secure enough to protect classified information up to the TOP SECRET level, which is the highest security level and defined as information which would cause "exceptionally grave damage" to national security if disclosed to the public.

 

The Standard version uses AES 256-bit keys to protect database files. That is a combination of superb security and fast encryption. In the Professional version you can use additional encryption algorithms like BlowFish with 448 bit keys, Twofish, Square, etc.