New Version of UXP Released
At the end of February, the UXP team released new versions of several of our products. The main changes are described below.
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Collaboration Brings the World Together
We are often on the lookout for customers who have a compelling idea that they want to bring to the world. Bandwagon is a savvy start-up from South Carolina with an appreciation for data security. CEO and founder Harold Hughes shares with us more about their solution and what the collaboration with Cybernetica means for them.
Tips for Working Remotely
While we have a strong culture for teleworking at Cybernetica, the recent weeks have rendered it a necessity, rather than a choice. In order to make working from home easier in the current situation - where several factors might not be under your control - we have gathered some of the best tips and guidelines from our fellow teleworkers.
New Technologies in Voting
Voting is the core method of implementing public power in modern democratic societies. However, in the contemporary increasingly mobile world, paper-based elections, where every eligible voter has to come to the same physical location during a short period of time, is less and less of an option.
Preserving Privacy of Data Owners and Users in Logic Programming Applications
Logic Programming is a simple, yet powerful formalism suitable for programming and knowledge representation1. A logic program is represented by a set of facts, and rules describing how new facts can be generated from existing ones.
The History of Digital Identity in Estonia
Estonia is widely recognised as having one of the world’s most advanced digital governments, with much written on the subject by the World Bank, Forbes, the Financial Times, and more. Two steps were taken that facilitated and led to the rise of the digital identity in Estonia; first, a personal identification number known as the “Isikukood” was assigned to every citizen and resident of Estonia, and second, 10-year passports were issued.
UXP Directory 2.0 Is Now Released
Cybernetica’s Data Exchange Technologies team is pleased to announce that at the end of last year, UXP Directory 2.0 (formerly known as UXP Service Directory) was released. The product was renamed, because the focus has been shifted from services to the whole UXP installation. The aim is to provide a valuable overview of all its members, information systems, and services.
An Interdependent Web Calls for More Collaboration on Cybersecurity
The CyberSec4Europe cybersecurity competence centre
On February 1st, 2020, the cybersecurity competence centre pilot project CyberSec4Europe of the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme will have been in progress for a year. The CyberSec4Europe consortium has been very active in gathering details about partner competences, mapping the existing assets and planning future research. The first demonstrators for the seven verticals (e-commerce, supply chain security assurance, privacy-preserving identity management, incident reporting, maritime transport, medical data exchange, smart cities) will be set up by the end of April 2020.
Self-sovereign identity – is it feasible?
Self-sovereignty with respect to digital identity, and the desire for individuals to have genuine control over their data is a very interesting subject. In my eyes, this is a monumental challenge, one that I fear isn’t even realistic at the moment, though that shouldn’t stop anyone from trying. Part of me sees it as idealistic; something that would be great to have, but might never be achievable due to laws and regulations requiring certain ways of working in order to protect those involved. I also find, that depending on who I speak to, there are different beliefs and guiding principles surround self-sovereignty, some stricter than others, and I find it will likely be a case, that we will never be able to please all of the people, all of the time.
Elliptic Curve Cryptography
We have taken you on a magical journey through the world of cryptography. This is our final piece, where we’ll focus on the elliptic curve cryptography in detail. We’ll also have a look at what the future holds for us.