Completed Projects
Encrypt NZ
Principal investigators:
Dr Michael Dizon (Te Piringa – Faculty of Law, University of Waikato),
Associate Professor Ryan Ko (at the time of the project and formerly: Faculty of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Director of the NZ Institute for Security and Crime Science, and Head of the Cyber Security Lab, University of Waikato) and
Associate Professor Wayne Rumbles (Te Piringa – Faculty of Law, University of Waikato)
Data encryption underlies technologies used for computer and network security, but our current law does not expressly cover the issue. This study will consider principles for a national encryption policy for New Zealand and investigate the legal, technical and social dimensions that could help better prepare New Zealand against cyber attacks and threats. The researchers will describe and analyse encryption and its challenges, and examine relevant law in New Zealand and internationally. They will research the values and interests of groups most concerned with encryption – government, business and the general public – and will recommend principles for policy development.
NZ Law Foundation Funding under their Information Law and Policy Project: $59,000
Completed