Privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) under development promise the ability to control the sharing and use of sensitive information while minimizing the risk of unauthorized use. These technologies have been under development by researchers for nearly four decades but have been slow to migrate from the research lab into operational use. This workshop will help to speed the pace of change by engaging researchers and practitioners in a joint endeavor to solve the “hard problems” that will enable us to solve the practical problems so we can put new technologies into practice while still keeping risk levels low.

This workshop will feature:

• Specific security problems that could be solved with PETs, as presented by principals in the Homeland Security Enterprise (including program managers at the Department of Homeland Security and officials in state, local and tribal security agencies).

• Researchers who have been working on a range of PETs, including secure multiparty computation, private set intersection, secure anonymous recording linking, differential privacy, and other methods for privacy preserving data sharing and analysis.

• Discussions of funding opportunities for transitioning research to pilot programs and operational capacities within the Homeland Security Enterprise.

This workshop will combine presentations and discussions, with a heavy emphasis on finding specific approaches (and new approaches) that solve specific problems within the next three to five years.

This event is hosted by the Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency, a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence led by Arizona State University, in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office.

 

Conference Chairs:

Simson Garfinkel, Department of Homeland Security

Ross Maciejewski, Arizona State University