The Borders Award Recognizes System Makers Who Protect Security and Privacy on the Internet

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Since its creation at the end of the last century, the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption algorithm — also called Rijndael — is the international standard system that protects security and privacy on laptops, mobile phones, digital messaging systems, banking cards and even cloud data storage. Its creators, Belgian engineers Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen, have just been awarded the BBVA Borders of Knowledge Foundation award in the Inf…