MIT Research Program on Communications Policy are working to promote opportunities in computer security

There is also a great deal of work yet to be done in the technical and engineering fields to make  systems efficient. Of equal importance is the work left to be done by members of the policy, economic, and business fields to properly understand what has previously occurred on systems like the Internet and how these lessons may be applied in the future. Economists will have to come to a new understanding of Internet utility and pricing models; businesses will have to adapt their marketing, customer service, product support, and sales infrastructure to a digital marketplace; and policymakers will have to realize– among other things–the international aspects of the new market.

Significant opportunities to address these issues are present. However, the government’s actions have continued to be heavily influenced by enforcement and intelligence agencies contrary to the expressed interests of many researchers, civil liberty groups, and leaders in the information technology industry. The upcoming NIST key escrow workshops are an example of an opportunity at which these issues could be publicly discussed. However, the intent of the workshops is expressed as follows:

1. developing the criteria for software key escrow encryption exportability and
2. the desirable characteristics for U.S. key escrow agents.

which continues to exclude non-escrow alternatives. All constituents should have ample opportunity to discuss the full range of cryptographic policy initiatives. Members of the MIT Research Program on Communications Policy are working to promote opportunities for such discussions to take place.

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