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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, will convene an ad hoc committee to identify potential scenarios over the next 10 to 20 years for the balance between encryption and decryption (and other data and communications protection and exploitation capabilities). A peer-reviewed consensus report is expected to be published Fall 2021.
Events
Cryptography and the Intelligence Community: The Future of Encryption
- September 13, 2022
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Webinar
- Past
Cryptography has been used throughout history to both protect sensitive information from disclosure and collect intelligence about the activities of governments and others who pose potential threats t...
Future of Encryption Meeting 6
- November 6, 2020
- 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Past
This meeting will have a short reflection and discussion about data gathered to date and the way forward, followed by presentations from guests.
Future of Encryption Review of Draft-Meeting One
- February 4 - March 4, 2022
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
During this closed meeting the committee will go over the comments received in review, define the process for addressing those comments, and make assignments.
Future of Encryption: Final Review of Draft Before Review
- September 10, 2021
- 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
Many edits to tighten the draft are being made, and the sections are being reviewed to make sure that the right information is found in each section. The goal is for this to be the final meeting to re...
Future of Encryption Discussion of the Full Draft
- August 27, 2021
- 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
Committee will meet to review the final draft of the report.
Future of Encryption Discussion of the Full Draft-Part Two
- August 13, 2021
- 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
The committee will review the parts of the draft that they didn't get to during the first review, ie, slightly less than half of the text.
Future of Encryption Discussion of the Full Draft
- August 6, 2021
- 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
The committee has an almost complete draft that they are reviewing. During this meeting, they will work out any problem areas and hopefully reach consensus.
Future of Encryption Draft Review #6
- July 16, 2021
- 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
The first complete draft of the report will be reviewed for consistency and to make sure that all sponsor questions are sufficiently addressed. If the answers seem insufficient, committee members wlil...
Future of Encryption Draft Check-in #5
- July 2, 2021
- 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
The goal is to review the first drafts for all sections of the report and to look for disconituities or other issues.
Future of Encryption Check-In on Draft Progress #4
- June 18, 2021
- 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This will be another closed meeting among the committee members to discuss their progress with the draft and to discussion areas where consensus has not, yet, been reached.
Future of Encryption Drafting Progress Update #3
- June 4, 2021
- 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
Members will give updates on their progress with the drafting process.
Future of Encryption - Drafting Progress Update #2
- May 21, 2021
- 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Committee members will update the group on the progress they are making in drafting their sections of the report.
Future of Encryption - Progress Check-in #1
- May 7, 2021
- 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This will be an informal meeting of the committee to discuss their progress on their writing assignments and an issues they have have discovered.
Future of Encryption
- April 23, 2021
- 11:30 AM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Writing assignments and timelines will be set.
Future of Encryption-Deliberations on Writing Assignments
- April 9, 2021
- 11:13 AM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The final draft of the outline will be discussed, as well as the writing assignments and timeline.
Future of Encryption - Deliberation Meeting
- March 26, 2021
- 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This will be the meeting in which the writing approach and assignments, as well as the outline for the report, will be discussed. The Statement of Task will be reviewed to make sure the report address...
Future of Encryption - Discussion of the Worlds
- March 12, 2021
- 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This is a closed session for members to share their views with each other on the discussions of the worlds or scenarios.
Future of Encryption - Review of Meeting with Sponsor
- February 12, 2021
- 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
During this meeting, the committee will discussion what they learned during the project review with the sponsor, and how this knowledge will be incorporated into the plan for the report.
Future of Encryption Briefing to Sponsor
- February 5, 2021
- 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This closed session will be devoted to refining the midproject briefing that will be provided to the sponsor.
Future of Encryption Meeting 11
- January 15, 2021
- 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This closed meeting will continue the deliberation of the drivers that should be addressed and how the scenarios will account for a variety of issues identified by the committee members.
Future of Encryption Meeting 10
- January 8, 2021
- 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This will be a close meeting of the committee to deliberate on the process of the report.
Future of Encryption Committee Meeting 9
- December 18, 2020
- 12:30 AM - 4:30 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
This meeting of the committee on the Future of Encryption will mostly be a closed session for deliberation. However, during the last hour of the meeting, the sponsor will join to answer questions and...
Future of Encryption Virtual Meeting 8
- December 4, 2020
- 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
Open data-gathering sessions of this virtual committee meeting will include Directions in Encryption Research presented by Josh Barron, Public Accountability of Secret Processes presented by Sunoo Par...
Future of Encryption Meeting 7
- November 20, 2020
- 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
This meeting will have closed business segments, but will mostly be public, data-gathering sessions.
Future of Encryption Meeting 5
- October 23, 2020
- 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
During this committee meeting, the members will discuss their views on the generation of scenarios and decide on speakers to invite that will help address gaps in knowledge. An outside expert may spea...
Future of Encryption Meeting 4, Deliberations
- October 9, 2020
- 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This will be a virtual meeting for committee members to collaborate.
Future of Encryption Virtual Meeting Three
- October 2, 2020
- 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
This meeting will focus on the direction of the study, as well as bringing in a speaker to talk about using scenarios to frame a question.
Future of Encryption Kick-off Meeting
- August 28, 2020
- 11:00 AM - 3:30 PM (ET)
- Tele Conference
- Past
This is a kick-off meeting of the Future of Encryption.