The main reason we want to use cloud technologies is because they simplify cost management and allow us spend only as much as we need at any given time. The question is how secure it is and what risks are acceptable.
This post is about a research done by one of our co-founders. Petr showed that it is possible to find which tool or hardware device generated RSA keys from just a few public keys. I’m thinking it’s an attack, unexpected data leakage channel, but also an excellent source for audit-related analytics.
“Encryption is a key technology that underpins trustworthy computing. As digital technologies become ever more central to our lives, encryption becomes more important, and any weaknesses in its implementation become greater risks. Governments must commit to preserving the robustness of end- to-end encryption, and promoting its widespread use.”
Dusan, one of us @EnigmaBridge was curious about how are default WiFi router passwords generated and very quickly came up with an algorithm producing right passwords. And this “bootstrapping” problem is much bigger …
I have mentioned EnigmaLink in my previous blog as our first application built on our cloud encryption platform (an easy to use alternative to CloudHSM from Amazon). Today, we posted it to the ProductHunt website.
We have been working on a cloud security platform Enigma Bridge for the last couple of years. It was a great fun and … we built it. However, when we started talking to potential customers, we often had a hard time. We heard it was really interesting but what did it actually do?
It seems I have to deal with a question of who to trust – our new product or an established software package – way too often. Answers make me question what is the level of testing in open-source software and what is the reliability of software in general. Continue reading Software Reliability→
We had another Enigma Bridge workshop / away days. We organise it every four to six weeks and it always surprises me how it energises everyone. True, we usually need a couple of days to recover so it’s good to finish on Friday.Continue reading Life at Enigma Bridge→
I have finally managed to finish reading “The Hut Six Story”. Not the first book about Bletchley in WW2, but still amazed by some details. Not least the importance of “random letters”. Continue reading Lessons From The Past→
You may know the mood when all seems to be done but new tiny issues keep cropping up every day … until they eventually disappear without you realizing it. The title has kind of sprung to my mind.
A lot has happened since my previous post and I indeed lived and breathed Enigma Bridge. While we kept focussing on a particular market segment we decided to make our products easier to test by smaller companies – a new test/staging instance of Enigma Bridge service will be launched within days. We did a good progress business-wise as well. But one thing I want to mention in particular is an ASIRTA tool – a baseline profiler for data governance. Continue reading A Long Dark Tea-Time of The Soul→
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." A. C. Clark