New encryption methods ensure the pooling of sensitive income and health data at a very high level of data protection. It is precisely for such cases that research has developed technologies that are ripe for practical use.
In the course of the current discussion about a planned data register for times of crisis such as pandemics, which is considered critical by data protection experts, cybersecurity expert Christian Rechberger from TU Graz is taking notice: "Pandemic management by means of merged income and health data is very much possible with the necessary level of data protection. Together with international colleagues, we have developed new cryptographic methods since the beginning of the pandemic that will be used for such applications, among others".
Picture: © Lunghammer - TU Graz
TU Graz: data register and data protection very well compatible
Computersicherheit – TU Graz