• Infosession: Privacy Vs. Analytics

    Smals Brussels, Belgium

    — Nederlands — Data-anonimisatietechnieken hebben als doel om de link tussen de te analyseren gegevens en het individu onomkeerbaar te verwijderen, maar in deze “big data”-context hebben ze serieuze beperkingen. Ook het opzetten van een centraal datawarehouse, waar overheidsbedrijven persoonsgegevens aan bezorgen, biedt geen adequate oplossing. Hier kunnen immers veiligheidsrisico’s aan verbonden zijn. Bovendien kunnen […]

  • Medical Prescriptions on a Public Blockchain

    Brussels Expo Brussels

    Electronic prescriptions offer numerous advantages over their physical counterpart, but also pose new challenges. We present a novel approach, based on smart contracts on a public blockchain. Despite this public character, the privacy of the involved persons, such as the patient, as well as the confidentiality of business information of the involved organisations, such as […]

  • Blockchain & Smart Contracts. Introduction & Practical Use Case

    The Sister Brussels Cafe Brussels, Belgium

    Blockchain or “distributed ledger” technology since 2009 has been moving through the hype cycle and it is hard to decide where it is now. There are multiple applications of blockchain, the best known one perhaps the Bitcoin, as the combination of mechanics to come to a blockchain originates from Satoshi Nakamoto’s paper describing the idea […]

  • Preparing for post-quantum cryptography

    Online

    The buzz is getting louder: quantum computing will be the next big thing in our digital world. But since quantum computers can also rapidly break traditional encryption methods, they might easily crack codes that today’s encryption relies on. This will shake up how we keep information safe, requiring us to develop new encryption and security […]

  • Quantum computers Vs. Modern cryptography

    Kinepolis Antwerp

    Cryptography – securing data with mathematical principles – is crucial in today’s society, for instance to enable financial transactions, to secure medical records and to protect our national interests. In the future, computers could be built, based on principles from quantum physics. These computers threaten to undermine the foundations of modern cryptography. If we are […]

  • Smart pseudonymisation – Advanced cryptography in practice

    Online

    Heel wat systemen in de publieke sector verwerken gevoelige persoonsgegevens. We dienen te vermijden dat een interne of externe aanvaller die gegevens ongeoorloofd kan koppelen aan natuurlijke personen. Een waardevolle maatregel daarbij is om gegevens niet langer onder rijksregisternummers maar onder pseudoniemen te verwerken. Systemen die dit helpen realiseren zijn nuttige bouwblokken om de GDPR […]