Georgia Tech Scheller Professor Peter Swire Named To National Academies Study On Future Of Encryption

Press release from the Scheller College of Business:

08-31-2020

The National Academies of Science and Engineering has named Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Professor Peter Swire to a new study committee on “The Future of Encryption.” The committee will identify potential scenarios over the next 10 to 20 years for the balance between encryption and decryption. It will explore other data and communications protection and exploitation capabilities and then assess the national security and intelligence implications of the scenarios it deems most relevant and significant, based on criteria it develops. The committee will consider implications for applications of encryption such as cybersecurity, digital currency, cybercrime, surveillance, and covert communication. The project will produce a peer-reviewed consensus report.

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