HiGate (High Grade Anti‐Tamper Equipment) Prototype and Application to e‐Discovery

These days, most data is digitized and processed in various ways by computers. In the past, computer owners were free to process data as desired and to observe the inputted data as well as the interim results. However, the unrestricted processing of data and accessing of interim results even by computer users is associated with an increasing number of adverse events. These adverse events often occur when sensitive data such as personal or confidential business information must be handled by two or more parties, such as in the case of e-Discovery, used in legal proceedings, or epidemiologic studies. To solve this problem, providers encrypt data, and the owner of the computer performs decoding in the memory for encrypted data. The computer owner can be limited to performing only certain processing of data and to observing only the final results. As an implementation that uses existing technology to realize this solution, the processing of data contained in a smart card was considered, but such an implementation would not be practical due to issues related to computer capacity and processing speed. Accordingly, the authors present the concept of PC-based High Grade Anti-Tamper Equipment (HiGATE), which allows data to be handled without revealing the data content to administrators or users. To verify this concept, an e-Discovery application on a prototype was executed and the results are reported here. Keyword: Anti-Tamper, e-Discovery, Bitlocker, APIHoo

HiGate (High Grade Anti-Tamper Equipment) Prototype and Application to e-Discovery

These days, most data is digitized and processed in various ways by computers. In the past, computer owners were free to process data as desired and to observe the inputted data as well as the interim results. However, the unrestricted processing of data and accessing of interim results even by computer users is associated with an increasing number of adverse events. These adverse events often occur when sensitive data such as personal or confidential business information must be handled by two or more parties, such as in the case of e-Discovery, used in legal proceedings, or epidemiologic studies. To solve this problem, providers encrypt data, and the owner of the computer performs decoding in the memory for encrypted data. The computer owner can be limited to performing only certain processing of data and to observing only the final results. As an implementation that uses existing technology to realize this solution, the processing of data contained in a smart card was considered, but such an implementation would not be practical due to issues related to computer capacity and processing speed. Accordingly, the authors present the concept of PC-based High Grade AntiTamper Equipment (HiGATE), which allows data to be handled without revealing the data content to administrators or users. To verify this concept, an eDiscovery application on a prototype was executed and the results are reported here

Guide to Developing Cybersecurity Programs for NSF Science and Engineering Projects, v1

This document is a product of the Center for Trustworthy Scientific Cyberinfrastructure (CTSC). CTSC is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number OCI-1234408. Any opinions,findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation

Siting Power Plants in Washington State

Whatever the causes, it is indisputable that delays in the construction and operation of generating facilities have contributed to supply lagging behind demand. Ominous warnings of black-outs and brownouts are daily news to many Americans. Businesses and hospitals are hastening to develop their own emergency sources of energy. Reductions in loads already have occurred in many parts of the country. The crisis is here and it will bring inevitable reform

Siting Power Plants in Washington State

Whatever the causes, it is indisputable that delays in the construction and operation of generating facilities have contributed to supply lagging behind demand. Ominous warnings of black-outs and brownouts are daily news to many Americans. Businesses and hospitals are hastening to develop their own emergency sources of energy. Reductions in loads already have occurred in many parts of the country. The crisis is here and it will bring inevitable reform

Judicial Efficiency and Improvement

The subject of today\u27s hearing is judicial efficiency and improvement. The problem of court congestion and delay continues to concern all of us interested in our State\u27s courts. Over the past several years, numerous studies and proposals aimed at improving our judicial system have been suggested, yet there continues to be a strongly held belief by some people that our courts need to be more efficient and that the judicial system moves too slowly. As part of the Assembly Judiciary Committee\u27s effort to get an overview of the nature of court congestion and delay, the Committee has invited parties and organizations rested in the courts to identify and discuss the causes of the problem and to suggest specific proposals to improve our judicial system. The Committee has asked these interested parties to present their views on how the Legislature can assist resolving problems facing our courts. The Committee will then review proposals presented and take whatever action may be appropriate

Towards Decolonization: Migrated Kenyan Archives and the Politics of Knowledge Production

“Towards Decolonization: Migrated Kenyan Archives and the Politics of Knowledge Production” examines ethical questions of archival removal in relation to access to knowledge and the politicization of access. Utilizing a theoretical framework of postcolonial theory, decolonial theory, and epistemic decolonization, this study investigates Kenyan archival holdings within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office files at The National Archives in London and the East African Archives at Syracuse University. Analysis of these archives is conducted using qualitative methods of archival research and interviews. This research reveals British colonial efforts to protect its reputation by migrating, concealing, and destroying archives and to preserve its imperial legacy by initiating microfilming projects overseas. This thesis argues that archival removal from Africa has resulted in epistemic violence, reproducing coloniality of knowledge production in academia and further marginalizing scholars of African studies in the Global South. This thesis suggests rethinking access to knowledge through the return of migrated archives and structural decolonization of institutions with migrated archival holdings

New Myths and Old Realities: The American Law Institute Faces the Derivative Action

Nothing in The American Law Institute\u27s (ALI) Principles of Corporate Governance: Analysis and Recommendations (Principles) proved more controversial than the effort to develop fair and balanced standards for the derivative action. Only the topic of corporate takeovers seems to evoke an equally intense level of emotion among corporate lawyers. Not surprisingly then, Part VII (Remedies) of the Principles attracted the same attention from critics that a lightning rod does in a thunderstorm. Unlike other ALI Restatements, however, the Principles also encountered a professional opposition, which lobbied against its adoption, both inside and outside the ALI, on behalf of various outside groups. The central charge of these critics, repeated endlessly and loudly, was that the Principles in general, and Part VII in particular, relied on a litigation model of corporate governance, which distrusted directors and asked courts to manage the corporation. Within the ALI, these pejorative charges never worked. The ALI\u27s members read the Reporters\u27 drafts, heard the floor debate, and resoundingly defeated, year after year, the motions advanced by The Business Roundtable\u27s spokespersons. In turn, the Reporters listened to the ALI\u27s comments and criticisms (and also those of CORPRO, the ABA liaison committee to the Project), rephrased and fine-tuned their drafts, until eventually a compromise position was reached that received the approval of an overwhelming majority of the ALI\u27s members