TRN's Making The Future Report

August, 2003
Security: Secrets, Intruders and ID Tags
51 pages

This report examines the current state of security technologies, organizes key issues and puts them in context, and succinctly explains how the technologies work.

Security researchers are aiming to protect computer data, hardware, and software from intruders. They are finding methods of tracking data, objects, and people. And they are exploring ways to protect privacy on the Internet and in the real world.

The technologies involved include cryptography, data hiding methods, data finding methods, information privacy, hardware security, system recovery, Internet security, property protection, intelligent tracking, and biometrics.

Security methods run the gamut from finding twists on encryption schemes, to gleaning secret information from patterns, to constructing cheap plastic tags that can be used to identify objects, to making microscopic glowing beads that can be used to hide information in a document.

The report includes an executive summary, a list of 23 developments to look for as these cutting-edge technologies take shape, and a section of 31 researchers to watch, including links to their Web pages. It also includes a quick tour of 41 recent developments in seven areas and a section of 33 in-depth news stories from TRN.

The stories are organized into seven categories: cryptography, quantum cryptography, data hiding, systems and software defenses, Internet vulnerabilities, privacy protection, and physical security.

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Report Sections
Executive Summary: 319 words Main Report: 4,294 words How It Works: 1,016 words In-Depth Stories: 33 stories, including 6 images
Table of Contents: Main Report Knowing Who’s Who Data, systems and objects Keeping secrets Scrambling well Cracking codes DNA computers Quantum computers Quantum Cryptography Splitting up the secret Hiding data in plain sight Finding hidden data Securing systems Recovering from an attack Securing the ‘Net Exploiting the Internet Privacy Protecting property High visibility Biometrics Perpetually pursuing perfect security	How It Works Two sides of cryptography Computing security Security in probabilities Quantum cryptography Boosting privacy In-Depth Story Categories Cryptography Quantum cryptography Data hiding Systems and software defenses Internet vulnerabilities Privacy protection Physical security

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