Fang Wu

VP, Business Development of New Technolgies
NTT Research

Fang Wu has been with NTT family of organizations since 2001. Currently, he is VP responsible for bringing research to business at NTT Research Inc. NTT Research is NTT R&D’s global presence outside of Japan with headquarter based in Bay Area of US. It expands a rich lineage of ground-breaking basic research heritage from Japan to the rest of the world. Prior to NTT Research, he held different positions at NTT Communications including VP of Product Management for NTT Global Network, Head of Technology, Systems, and IT at NTT America, and VP of Solution Strategy, Development, and Operations at NTT America. His roles in these positions involved wide spectrum of disciplines including business planning, technology management, technology assessment, system/software development, solution formulation/implementations as well as operations. Fang holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from CCNY and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from NYU Poly.

ABSTRACT

Smart World, Data Privacy, Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PET), and Attribute Based Encryption (ABE)

Smart World asks for large number of IoT devices/Sensors to be deployed to generate sufficient data so that things around us can act smartly. While this concept provides huge value and benefits to wide spectrum of applications from building management, Industry, healthcare and such, the data generated touches personal privacy and security in many ways. There are several emerging technologies that are considered as PETs (Privacy Enhancing Technologies). These technologies can be utilized to protect privacy, but they are not created equal. Attribute Based Encryption (ABE), as part of the PETs family, brings two key elements together - access control and data protection. This presentation will discuss some use cases and benefits without getting into the details of cryptographic technologies.