Is it all about the Key Length ?!!

Is it all about the Key Length?!!

The answer is absolutely NO! And let me tell you why? But first, let's put it this way:

When is a 256 bits of encryption is a 256 bits of encryption?!!

There's so much more to this question above than you might think!

What about the cipher itself or the underlying algorithm?!

What about the implementation?! Yeah, you might pick a very good cipher and use a very very long key and end up with zero security! But how?! Simply, the answer is implementation issues! And there's a lot to this last one, actually!

In this short video below, Mike talks about this in a bit of detail.

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Something else I want to note here. It's the mindset, the way you think. 

"A chain is only as strong as its weakest link!"

As a one into Security, either in RED or BLUE, you need to think this way. An attacker needs only one design flaw or implementation issue to narrow it down! I mean who's gonna go through a Brute Force right off the bat?!! It'd be absurd! Actually, Brute Force is the absolute worst case for an attacker!

Think Security!