The question above seems absurd but it is what a Bank has to ask to its suppliers to meet the European Central Bank (ECB) regulations on the continuity of critical business functions. The bank has no intention of mingling in the daily work of the supplier (that's the whole purpose of outsourcing). Nor the supplier has any intention to make available to the bank the keys of its kingdom (it is actually forbidden to do so by the very same regulations). We need a way to do so only when the hearts of the key people stop beating. In this paper, we discuss whether recent advances in cryptography (secret sharing and MPC, time-lock puzzles, etc.) can replace the classical approach based on human redundancy.

Vision: What If They All Die? Crypto Requirements for Key People / Ngo, C. N.; Friolo, D.; Massacci, F.; Venturi, D.; Battaiola, E.. - (2020), pp. 178-183. (Intervento presentato al convegno 5th IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops, Euro S and PW 2020 tenutosi a ita nel 2020) [10.1109/EuroSPW51379.2020.00032].

Vision: What If They All Die? Crypto Requirements for Key People

Ngo C. N.;Massacci F.;
2020-01-01

Abstract

The question above seems absurd but it is what a Bank has to ask to its suppliers to meet the European Central Bank (ECB) regulations on the continuity of critical business functions. The bank has no intention of mingling in the daily work of the supplier (that's the whole purpose of outsourcing). Nor the supplier has any intention to make available to the bank the keys of its kingdom (it is actually forbidden to do so by the very same regulations). We need a way to do so only when the hearts of the key people stop beating. In this paper, we discuss whether recent advances in cryptography (secret sharing and MPC, time-lock puzzles, etc.) can replace the classical approach based on human redundancy.
2020
Proceedings - 5th IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops, Euro S and PW 2020
Stati Uniti
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
978-1-7281-8597-2
Ngo, C. N.; Friolo, D.; Massacci, F.; Venturi, D.; Battaiola, E.
Vision: What If They All Die? Crypto Requirements for Key People / Ngo, C. N.; Friolo, D.; Massacci, F.; Venturi, D.; Battaiola, E.. - (2020), pp. 178-183. (Intervento presentato al convegno 5th IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops, Euro S and PW 2020 tenutosi a ita nel 2020) [10.1109/EuroSPW51379.2020.00032].
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