Advanced Encryption Standard - Cryptanalysis research

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) has been the focus of Cryptanalysis since it was released in the 2001, November. The research gained more important when AES as declared as the Type-1 Suite-B Encryption Algorithm, by the NSA in 2003(CNSSP-15). Which makes it deemed suitable for being utilized for encryption of the both Classified & Un Classified security documents and system. The following papers discusses the Cryptanalysis research being carried out on the AES and discusses the different techniques being used establish the advantages of the algorithm being used in Security systems. It would conclude by the trying to assess the duration in which AES can be effectively used in the National Security Applications.