Transforming Information Security

Security practice is being reshaped by five developments at once: end-to-end encryption, encryption designed so that no one can intercept it, the evolving transport protocol stack, zero trust networking, and distributed computing. Although each trend is well understood on its own, few works examine how they interact. Taken together, they reveal ways to strengthen protection and lower the resources needed to keep security sustainable over time.

Kathleen M. Moriarty, a security expert who has worked close to the debates over end-to-end encryption, takes up these questions. She looks at where information security and transport protocols are heading, moving past a catalogue of present shortcomings to propose approaches for the future of security products.