The Holy Grail of Information Security?

Authors

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business

Files

Description

Patent #9391962, “Multi-node Encryption”, is an idea that could potentially upset the entire internet industry. Describing the genesis of his idea, Huntsman Associate Professor Jeff Johnson offered the following analogy, “In the cyber world we have bad guys who are constantly trying to hurt us. Our defense against these bad guys is to build great stone walls that act as a shield. Unfortunately, over time the bad guys obtain machines that can crush stone. Surprisingly, our solution is to simply use more stones in the wall.” So, why then are we building our defenses out of the very source of our enemy’s strength?

Publisher

Utah State University

Publication Date

10-31-2016

Keywords

Multi-node Encryption, Jeff Johnson, Patent

Disciplines

Business

Recommended Citation

USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, "The Holy Grail of Information Security?" (2016). Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection. 268.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/268