Colloquium Details
Cryptography in the Database
| Author: | Kevin Kenan Symantec, Information Security |
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| Date: | May 18, 2006 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Location: | 220 Deschutes |
| Host: | Virginia Lo |
Abstract
By focusing on the threats to data at rest, this talk explores how we can use cryptography to preserve the confidentiality of sensitive information. Several different encryption and key management strategies will be covered and attacks against those strategies will be detailed. Since a cryptographic solution is shaped by the particular threats it is deployed against, this talk aims at elucidating the types of concerns a database encryption system must address.
Biography
Kevin Kenan leads the Application and Database Security programs in the Information Security Division of Symantec Corporation. His recently published book on cryptography is entitled Cryptography in the Database: The Last Line of Defense (Addison-Wesley 2005).