The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is examining a program the agency says will help develop the “technical means to protect the private and proprietary information of individuals and enterprises,” NetworkWorld reports. The program is named after Louis Brandeis—frequently referred to as the “father of privacy.” DARPA will gauge interest in the program at a Proposer’s Day event on March 12. Meanwhile, IBM has also said it is offering technology “to encrypt the certified identity attributes of a user, protecting privacy and enhancing security.” The program is called Identity Mixer and prevents third parties from accessing data “by revealing only selected data to service providers,” the report states.
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