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NORME AES [1 record]

Record 1 2025-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Encryption and Decryption
  • IT Security
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

A symmetric-key block cipher algorithm and U.S. [United States] government standard for secure and classified data encryption and decryption.

CONT

AES, a data encryption standard endorsed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as a replacement for the Data Encryption Standard (DES). AES offers far greater security than DES for communications and commercial transactions over the Internet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chiffrage et déchiffrage
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
CONT

L'Advanced Encryption Standard ou AES (soit «standard de chiffrement avancé» en français), est le nouveau standard de chiffrement né aux États-Unis en 2000 et approuvé par la National Security Agency (NSA).

OBS

AES : L'abréviation provient de l'anglais «Advanced Encryption Standard».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Criptografía y desciframiento
  • Seguridad de IT
  • Gestión de las comunicaciones y la información
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
CONT

Desarrollado en 1997 por el Instituto Nacional de Estándares y Tecnología (NIST) como alternativa al Estándar de cifrado de datos, el Estándar de cifrado avanzado es un cifrado elegido por el gobierno de EE. UU. para proteger información confidencial. [...] AES se utiliza ampliamente para proteger datos en reposo en aplicaciones como bases de datos y discos duros.

OBS

AES: por sus siglas en inglés "advanced encryption standard".

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