6.1. Elliptic Curve Cryptography
6.1. Elliptic Curve Cryptography

FTAA Joint Public-Private Sector Committee of Experts
FTAA Joint Public-Private Sector Committee of Experts

... the transformation of data in order to hide its information content, establish its authenticity, prevent its undetected modification, its repudiation and unauthorized use. It can be used to protect the confidentiality of data whether in storage or in transit. A variety of applications have been deve ...
Sujoy Sinha Roy - Cyber Security at IIT Kanpur
Sujoy Sinha Roy - Cyber Security at IIT Kanpur

... Homomorphic encryption enables computation on encrypted data. One application of homomorphic encryption is private cloud computing: a user uploads her encrypted data in the cloud and then computes on the encrypted data. The ring-LWE problem has been used to construct homomorphic encryption schemes. ...

Cypherpunk

A cypherpunk is any activist advocating widespread use of strong cryptography as a route to social and political change. Originally communicating through the Cypherpunks electronic mailing list, informal groups aimed to achieve privacy and security through proactive use of cryptography. Cypherpunks have been engaged in an active movement since the late 1980s.