Speaker: En-hui Yang (杨恩辉)

Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Professor & Canada Research Chair

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Waterloo, Canada

Date: 6.29/2018, Friday

Time: 16:00-17:30 PM

Location: 业务西楼122

Abstract: Information security is of paramount importance to our Internet-based economy. As more things get smarter and connected to the Internet, we as humans become increasingly vulnerable. Without solid security solutions in place, our properties and lives could be at risk. Although many security solutions are offered on the market, they all fail to a large extent, as evidenced by the fact that 90% of all large institutions had data breaches and/or were held for ransom over the past 12 months. In this talk, we will first analyze why existing security solutions fail. Then we will introduce a philosophically different approach to security---data security: make your data and cyber activities coexist with all looming threats and continue to function normally even within compromised networks and systems. Key technologies in this approach include, among other things, (1) encryption with post-quantum secure key management, (2) smart integration of mandatory access control and encryption (SIME), (3) personalized and cryptographically secure access control (PACSAC), (4) behavior intelligence and machine learning, and (5) policing drivers. Together, they protect your data against data breaches and any known and unknown attacks and secure your entire data cyberspace. They have been implemented and tested in real-world environments. Finally, we will conclude the talk with a live demo.