Fully homomorphic encryption allows you to process data without revealing its contents.
In the world of computer security, a breakthrough is being planned thanks to fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) technology, which allows programs to work with encrypted data without decrypting it. The development opens up prospects for medical research and patient care without disclosing personal data, effectively combating money laundering without access to banking information, training autonomous cars without compromising drivers ' data, and much more.
Previously, the use of FHE was limited due to the need for a million times more computational effort compared to working with unencrypted data. However, in 2024, it is expected that at least 6 companies will begin testing or even commercializing the first chips that accelerate FHE to a level comparable to conventional data processing.
Todd Austin of the University of Michigan and founder of the startup Agita Labs notes that this technology violates the basic rule of computer security, because it makes data inaccessible to programmers.
Despite regulatory-level data protection efforts, such as the GDPR in Europe or Apple's App Store policy, FHE offers an automated solution that circumvents legal and regulatory concerns while maintaining privacy.
The basis of FHE is lattice cryptography, which is resistant to quantum computing. New FHE acceleration chips process huge amounts of data, performing addition and multiplication operations with numbers consisting of hundreds and thousands of bits.
The initiative to develop FHE hardware acceleration was largely supported by a DARPA project called DPRIVE, which aimed to reduce FHE computing time from weeks to seconds. Participants in the project, including Duality Technologies, Galois and Intel, plan to introduce chips in 2024. In addition to DARPA, other companies such as Fabric Cryptography and Optalysys have joined the development of FHE hardware solutions, which see great prospects in the technology.
The development of FHE requires not only hardware solutions, but also the development of software tools, as well as standardization. Efforts in this direction are already underway, and once the relevant standards and software are developed, researchers will be able to open up new horizons in the use of FHE accelerator chips. Intel noted that FHE will be a new chapter in the history of computer technology.
In the world of computer security, a breakthrough is being planned thanks to fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) technology, which allows programs to work with encrypted data without decrypting it. The development opens up prospects for medical research and patient care without disclosing personal data, effectively combating money laundering without access to banking information, training autonomous cars without compromising drivers ' data, and much more.
Previously, the use of FHE was limited due to the need for a million times more computational effort compared to working with unencrypted data. However, in 2024, it is expected that at least 6 companies will begin testing or even commercializing the first chips that accelerate FHE to a level comparable to conventional data processing.
Todd Austin of the University of Michigan and founder of the startup Agita Labs notes that this technology violates the basic rule of computer security, because it makes data inaccessible to programmers.
Despite regulatory-level data protection efforts, such as the GDPR in Europe or Apple's App Store policy, FHE offers an automated solution that circumvents legal and regulatory concerns while maintaining privacy.
The basis of FHE is lattice cryptography, which is resistant to quantum computing. New FHE acceleration chips process huge amounts of data, performing addition and multiplication operations with numbers consisting of hundreds and thousands of bits.
The initiative to develop FHE hardware acceleration was largely supported by a DARPA project called DPRIVE, which aimed to reduce FHE computing time from weeks to seconds. Participants in the project, including Duality Technologies, Galois and Intel, plan to introduce chips in 2024. In addition to DARPA, other companies such as Fabric Cryptography and Optalysys have joined the development of FHE hardware solutions, which see great prospects in the technology.
The development of FHE requires not only hardware solutions, but also the development of software tools, as well as standardization. Efforts in this direction are already underway, and once the relevant standards and software are developed, researchers will be able to open up new horizons in the use of FHE accelerator chips. Intel noted that FHE will be a new chapter in the history of computer technology.
