13. What That Means with Camille: Homomorphic Encryption

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">What That Means</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Camille tasks Principal Engineer at Intel Labs, Rosario (Ro) Cammarota, with defining homomorphic encryption in three minutes or less. And yes, he nails it. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The convo is an interesting one and covers things like:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What homomorphic encryption is and why it’s considered the ‘Holy Grail’ of cryptography</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What the security advantages of homomorphic encryption are </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Where traditional encryption is vulnerable to attacks</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How homomorphic encryption raises the bar of protection in healthcare and other uses cases</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why not all data would be encrypted with homomorphic encryption</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How homomorphic encryption can be used in clinical trials to bring drugs to market faster</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The barriers and challenges in the evolution and adoption of homomorphic encryption</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And more. Listen now. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Here are some key take-aways:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The concept of processing data while in their encrypted form is not a new concept. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The advantages of homomorphic encryption are that: 1. The data is never decrypted through its lifecycle, and 2. The decryption keys that are used in traditional encryption techniques to access