Root Causes: A PKI and Security Podcast

Root Causes: A PKI and Security Podcast


Root Causes 66: Functional Versus Homomorphic Encryption

February 17, 2020

Traditionally, file encryption is an all-or-nothing affair where data cannot be gleaned from the encrypted file without fully decrypting its contents. A new brand of cryptography called homomorphic encryption makes it possible for specific types of data to be read from a file while the rest of it remains encrypted. Join our hosts as they explain this new technology approach and its possible implications and use cases.