Advanced Encryption Standard

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block cipher encryption standard symmetric-key algorithm

Advanced Encryption Standard is a widely used symmetric block cipher standard that secures digital data in applications ranging from wireless networks to government communications.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
AES 10
BitLocker 1
FIPS 197 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf block cipher ⓘ
encryption standard ⓘ
symmetric-key algorithm ⓘ
abbreviation Advanced Encryption Standard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: AES
applicationDomain IPsec ⓘ
TLS ⓘ
Wi‑Fi security ⓘ
database encryption ⓘ
disk encryption ⓘ
file encryption ⓘ
government communications ⓘ
virtual private networks ⓘ
wireless networks ⓘ
basedOnAlgorithm Rijndael ⓘ
blockSize 128 bits ⓘ
cipherStructure Substitution–permutation network ⓘ
countryOfStandardization United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
definedInStandard Advanced Encryption Standard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: FIPS 197
designedBy Joan Daemen ⓘ
Vincent Rijmen ⓘ
encryptionType symmetric ⓘ
modeOfOperation CBC ⓘ
CCM ⓘ
CFB ⓘ
CTR ⓘ
ECB ⓘ
GCM ⓘ
OFB ⓘ
operatesOn binary data ⓘ
predecessor DES ⓘ
3DES ⓘ
surface form: Data Encryption Standard
publicationDate 2001-11-26 ⓘ
replacedStandard Data Encryption Standard ⓘ
roundsFor128BitKey 10 ⓘ
roundsFor192BitKey 12 ⓘ
roundsFor256BitKey 14 ⓘ
securityStatus no practical attacks known on full-round AES ⓘ
standardizedBy National Institute of Standards and Technology ⓘ
surface form: NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology ⓘ
status widely deployed ⓘ
supportsKeySize 128 bits ⓘ
192 bits ⓘ
256 bits ⓘ
usedInStandard Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ
surface form: IEEE 802.11i

IPsec ⓘ
RFC 5246 ⓘ
surface form: TLS 1.2

RFC 8446 ⓘ
surface form: TLS 1.3

Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED WPA2 ⓘ
surface form: WPA2

Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED WPA3 ⓘ
surface form: WPA3
usesOperation AddRoundKey ⓘ
MixColumns ⓘ
ShiftRows ⓘ
SubBytes ⓘ
yearOfDesign 1998 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Advanced Encryption Standard → abbreviation → Advanced Encryption Standard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: AES
RSA → commonlyUsedWith → Advanced Encryption Standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: AES
Advanced Encryption Standard → definedInStandard → Advanced Encryption Standard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: FIPS 197
IEEE 802.1AE MACsec standard → encryptionAlgorithmFamily → Advanced Encryption Standard ⓘ
subject surface form: IEEE 802.1AE
this entity surface form: AES
LTE → encryptionAlgorithms → Advanced Encryption Standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: AES
Wi‑Fi Protected Access → encryptionMethod → Advanced Encryption Standard ⓘ
Poly1305 → oftenUsedWith → Advanced Encryption Standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: AES
GNU Privacy Guard → supportsAlgorithm → Advanced Encryption Standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: AES
PGP → supportsAlgorithmType → Advanced Encryption Standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: AES
Windows → supportsSecurityFeature → Advanced Encryption Standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: BitLocker
AES-CTR → usesCipher → Advanced Encryption Standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: AES
AES-GCM → usesCipher → Advanced Encryption Standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: AES
GPON → usesEncryption → Advanced Encryption Standard ⓘ
this entity surface form: AES