To many ears, the words “crypto” and “blockchain” signify one thing: cryptocurrency. But crypto is also short for cryptography, which long predates Bitcoin. And as I noted in a previous column, blockchain is relevant to more than just finance or today’s new mediums of exchange…

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2021/04/22/blockchain-time-stamping-smart-contracts-and-time-stomping

Encryption agility is going to be essential as we move forward with digital transformation. All of the technical innovation cybersecurity vendors are churning out to deal with ever-expanding cyber risks, at the end of the day, come down to protecting encrypted data. But cryptography historically has been anything but agile; major advances require years, if not decades, of inspired theoretical research. Now comes something called attribute-based encryption, or ABE, a new approach to encrypting data that holds the potential to infuse agility into how encryption gets done online…

https://www.lastwatchdog.com/my-take-agile-cryptography-is-coming-now-that-attribute-based-encryption-is-ready-for-prime-time

Basic research, also called pure research, is aimed at advancing scientific theories unfettered by commercial interests. Basic research is the foundational theorizing and testing scientists pursue in order to advance their understanding of a phenomenon in the natural world, and, increasingly, in the digital realm. NTT Research opened its doors in Silicon Valley in July 2019 to help nurture basic research in three subject areas that happen to be at the core of digital transformation: quantum physics, medical informatics and cryptography…

https://www.lastwatchdog.com/my-take-why-basic-research-is-so-vital-to-bringing-digital-transformation-to-full-fruition/

by Kevin L. Jackson, CISSP®,CCSP®

Analysts forecast that the global blockchain market will grow from $3.0 billion in 2020 to $39.7 billion by 2025. That is astonishing growth. Supporting that forecast, a Deloitte 2019 Blockchain Survey showed that blockchain adoption shifted aggressively from experiments toward the development …

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/researching-future-blockchain-trilemma-kevin-l-jackson-cissp-ccsp-

by Kevin L. Jackson, CISSP®,CCSP®

Late last year, I had the opportunity to discuss blockchain and crypto assets with Dr. Shin’ichiro Matsuo, head of blockchain research in the Cryptography & Information Security (CIS) Lab at NTT Research. In 1996, Dr. Matsuo implemented an E-Cash system based on theories developed by NTT Fellow …

 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/blockchain-business-trust-kevin-l-jackson-cissp-ccsp-/

by Kevin L. Jackson, CISSP®,CCSP®

Cryptocurrencies and their underlying blockchain technology may be essential to online business because they can serve as fundamental building blocks of business trust. Dr. Shin’ichiro Matsuo, head of blockchain research in the Cryptography & Information Security (CIS) Lab at NTT Research, is focused …

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cryptoasset-blockchain-building-business-trust-jackson-cissp-ccsp-/

Technology has always been a rapidly evolving industry, but the adaptations and pivots necessitated by the pandemic have made 2020 unique. Systems and technologies that have surged to the forefront in recent months may have especially long-lasting implications for business and society as …

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2020/10/26/14-tech-experts-takes-on-the-most-impactful-industry-developments-of-2020/?sh=47289f7f6043