Published in The Salty Hash·Mar 8Top 3 Ways to Justify Encryption to the BusinessHave you ever tried to convince a coworker or boss that you need to secure sensitive data by encrypting it? As the CEO of a tech company that focuses entirely on encryption solutions, these are conversations I have on a daily basis with architects, CISOs, product managers, and engineers. I’ve…Encryption4 min readEncryption4 min read
Published in The Salty Hash·Jan 106 Predictions for Cybersecurity in 2023Plus three bonus mini-predictions — Predictions for the future are always tricky, but when it comes to cybersecurity, there are a few things we expect to see in 2023. But first, a quick review of the predictions we made last year: ✅ NFT fizzle — a casualty of the crypto sell-off ✅ Metaverse fizzle —…Predictions7 min readPredictions7 min read
Dec 31, 2022The package manager to rule them allIt starts when you realize that you have outdated software detritus lurking on your system. You diligently tell your package manager to update everything, but it doesn’t. It can’t. It only manages one slice of your system. Drowning in package managers On Linux, your distribution of choice determines your package manager: apt, rpm, dnf…Macos12 min readMacos12 min read
Published in The Salty Hash·Dec 14, 2022Meta Amasses $1B In GDPR Fines and Still Undeterred… For NowOh, Meta, I imagine that after 2022, you feel like the whole world is against you and the road ahead is bleak. And you should. GDPR fines are getting real The European Union privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), was passed in 2018. For the first three years, not much happened. …Privacy5 min readPrivacy5 min read
Published in The Salty Hash·Nov 21, 2022OpenSearch Partner Highlight: Using Cloaked Search to Protect Your DataOriginally published on the OpenSearch blog. — Most companies will tell you that the data they hold is well protected. They’ll say it’s encrypted “at rest and in transit,” which means they use HTTPS and disk-level or database-level encryption. Unfortunately, this isn’t the protection most people think it is. Most encryption claims are smoke and mirrors What passes for data protection these days is…Encryption5 min readEncryption5 min read
Published in The Salty Hash·May 26, 2022How To Be Crypto-Agile: Building Cryptographic Resiliency In The Age of Quantum ComputersCryptography makes everything in our modern lives possible. Without it, the internet would be reduced to a giant wasteland of digital brochures and public bulletin boards. …Encryption9 min readEncryption9 min read
Apr 8, 2022When Automation Becomes Enforcement7626Cory DoctorowI really like this framing. And the idea of an override button, which is growing on me.I really like this framing. And the idea of an override button, which is growing on me. An override button is easier than other mechanisms for evading access restrictions, which means it's more likely to be used. But the experience could be designed. So perhaps time is extended a bit and the owner is notified of the override. That's far better than someone taking a picture of a device where the data is now retained indefinitely and the originator has no idea. Allowing for an override may well improve the security of the shared data by being a system that can be bent instead of having to be broken.1 min read1 min read
Published in The Salty Hash·Mar 30, 2022What You Need To Know About The Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy FrameworkIt’s a Tightrope We’ve Been On Before — U.S. companies currently have no legal basis for holding the data of EU citizens, even in European data centers. But change is once again on the horizon. Last week the United States and the European Commission announced an “in principle,” high-level outline of a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework to…Privacy6 min readPrivacy6 min read
Published in The Salty Hash·Mar 1, 2022Announcing Our Startup ProgramWhy It’s Important for Startups to Build Right From the Beginning — A few years ago, IronCore Labs went through Boulder’s Techstars program, and since that time I’ve been at least partly involved in the community (though less so since the onset of COVID). …Startup4 min readStartup4 min read
Feb 14, 2022Proxy Re-Encryption — Allowing Alice To Share Her Protect Secret Key With Bob352Prof Bill Buchanan OBEHi, thank you for the great explainer on proxy re-encryption and for highlighting the [recrypt…Hi, thank you for the great explainer on proxy re-encryption and for highlighting the [recrypt library](https://github.com/ironcorelabs/recrypt-rs)! You might want to check the formatting on your cargo.toml file as some of the newlines got munged. Also, it might be worth pointing out that the final conclusion, "we are able to share…1 min read1 min read
