Azure Research – Security and Privacy
Security and privacy are arguably the most significant concerns for enterprises and consumers using public cloud platforms. The confidential computing theme at Microsoft Research Cambridge has been conducting pioneering research in the design of systems…
Microsoft and UW demonstrate first fully automated DNA data storage
Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Washington have demonstrated the first fully automated system to store and retrieve data in manufactured DNA — a key step in moving the technology out of the research…
Consumer Brain-Computer Interfaces: From Science Fiction to Reality
Current communication technologies often suffer from being impersonal and non-contextual. Using on-body sensors for implicit or explicit sensing to transfer information, sense context, cognitive states, attention or engagement, open the possibility to enhance technologies for…
Broad-Based Side-Channel Defenses for Modern Processor Architectures
Private or confidential information is used in several applications, including not just cryptographic implementations but also machine-learning algorithms, databases, and parsers. However, even after using techniques like encryption, authentication, and isolation, it is difficult to…