Strength of encryption?

[Robert L]

It happens every now and then that I send SPSS .sav files to others, and there is often a need to encrypt such files since they contain details about individual health status. The procedure has mostly been one of using some software for the encryption, which works quite good. However, the possibility to encrypt .sav files within SPSS could be an even better way in many cases. So far, I haven’t found any information about the strength of this encryption. Anyone who knows more? Does it meet what could be regarded as “sufficiently” strong encryption?

 

Robert

 

[Jon K Peck]

The encryption used is
AES 256, FIPS 140-2 Level 1 Certified.

You will need to determine for yourself whether this is sufficient for your purposes.


Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim
Senior Software Engineer, IBM
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Date:        03/18/2014 07:32 AM
Subject:        [SPSSX-L] Strength of encryption?
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It happens every now and then that I send SPSS .sav files to others, and there is often a need to encrypt such files since they contain details about individual health status. The procedure has mostly been one of using some software for the encryption, which works quite good. However, the possibility to encrypt .sav files within SPSS could be an even better way in many cases. So far, I haven’t found any information about the strength of this encryption. Anyone who knows more? Does it meet what could be regarded as “sufficiently” strong encryption?
 
Robert
 

[Albert-Jan Roskam]

I just read about those encrypted sav files. I wonder if these files won't be stopped by antivirus programs. Also, encrypted .sav files can only be read using SPSS v22, so the recipient has to use the latest SPSS version. PGP might also be an option. I tried this PGP add-on for Thunderbird: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/digitally-signing-and-encrypting-messages

 

Regards,

Albert-Jan

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From: Robert Lundqvist <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 2:29 PM
Subject: [SPSSX-L] Strength of encryption?

It happens every now and then that I send SPSS .sav files to others, and there is often a need to encrypt such files since they contain details about individual health status. The procedure has mostly been one of using some software for the encryption, which works quite good. However, the possibility to encrypt .sav files within SPSS could be an even better way in many cases. So far, I haven’t found any information about the strength of this encryption. Anyone who knows more? Does it meet what could be regarded as “sufficiently” strong encryption?

 

Robert