How secure is AES Against Brute Force Attacks?

Tags: 2010s AES Keys

Authors: Arora, Mohit

Published: May 2012

URL: https://www.eetimes.com/how-secure-is-aes-against-brute-force-attacks/

Abstract: In May of 2012, Mohit Arora, Sr. Systems Engineer & Security Architect for Freescale Semiconductor, wrote for the EE Times regarding the security of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) against brute force attacks. Arora analyzed the system’s strength against brute force attacks with different key sizes and projected advancements in processing speeds. Ultimately, Arora concluded that “even with a supercomputer, it would take 1 billion years to crack the 128-bit AES keying using [a] brute force attack,” and thus deemed AES “safe against any brute force attack.”