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Paragon Initiative Enterprises

Paragon Initiative Enterprises is a Florida-based company that provides software consulting, application development, code auditing, and security engineering services. We specialize in PHP Security and applied cryptography.


Recap: Our Contributions to a More Secure Internet

A short summary of the work we've done to make the Internet more secure for everyone.


Solving Open Source Supply Chain Security for the PHP Ecosystem

Our project, Gossamer, is the best first step to solving supply chain security for the PHP ecosystem.


Promoting Misuse-Resistance in PASETO Libraries

How we plan to discourage insecure implementations of PASETO.


Introducing PASERK, the First PASETO Extension, for Key Wrapping and Serialization

PASERK adds public-key encryption, key-wrapping, key serialization, and unique key identification to PASETO.


PASETO is an Even More Secure Alternative to the JOSE Standards (JWT, etc.)

Announcing new versions of the PASETO protocol, which offer better arguments for security in a wider range of use cases.


Ristretto255 for the PHP Community

Introducing Ristretto255 for PHP developers


The Definitive 2019 Guide to Cryptographic Key Sizes and Algorithm Recommendations

A simple, accessible recommendation for key sizes and recommended algorithms for various cryptographic algorithms.


Our PHP Security Roadmap for the Year 2019

We have a lot of work ahead of us in 2019, and we hope it benefits the entire PHP community


Security Concerns Surrounding WebAuthn: Don't Implement ECDAA (Yet)

If you're planning on implementing the W3C and FIDO Alliance's new WebAuthn standard for hardware security token support, skip ECDAA for now.


Protecting RSA-based Protocols Against Adaptive Chosen-Ciphertext Attacks

A deep dive into preventing chosen-ciphertext (e.g. padding oracle) attacks against RSA in custom encrypted transport protocols.


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We specialize in cryptography and secure PHP development.

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The first mails quarterly and often showcases our behind-the-scenes projects.

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