public key

An encryption key that is made public or sent by ordinary means such as an email message. The public key is derived from the private key by a one-way hash function. See public key cryptography and private key.

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The Oman eVisa account of the ROP tweeted, 'We are pleased to announce that the eVisa system will use a PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) feature to enhance security and to be used by sponsors and public relations officers (PROs) applying for sponsored visas.'

ROP ENHANCES SECURITY FEATURE FOR EVISA SYSTEM

CertiPath, Zeva, and Safe-BioPharma are in digital identity and public key enablement in highly regulated industries.

CertiPath and Zeva Acquire Digital Identity and Cryptography Standards Provider Safe-BioPharma

The corresponding public key is located inside the application to verify the purchase confirmation later during the In-app Billing service.

A Probabilistic Test based Detection Scheme against Automated Attacks on Android In-app Billing Service

Nevertheless, this scheme suffers from an efficiency issue as the scheme's public key with the complexity of O([[lambda].sup.10]) is too large for any practical system [24].

An Improved Fully Homomorphic Encryption Scheme for Cloud Computing

Called 'The Quantum Revolution: Security Implications and Considerations', the white paper outlines security issues raised by quantum computing and introduces the identity-based public key cryptography MIKEY-SAKKE as a good candidate to be made quantum-safe.

'The Quantum Revolution: Security Implications and Considerations'