Advanced Encryption Standards: Necessary and Needed

Saturday, October 19, 2024

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

Location: 254AB

Submitter(s)

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Corliss McCain-Rouse

External Affairs Advisor
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Arlington, Virginia, United States

Speaker(s)

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James Downes

Senior Advisor for Encryption and Project 25 Technical Subject Matter Expert
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Arlington, Virginia, United States
Alan Massie

Electronics Engineer, Operational Technology Division, Field Operations Section
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Arlington, Virginia, United States
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Stuart J. Sanz

Interoperable Communications Manager
Arlington County Public Safety Communications and Emergency Management
Arlington, Virginia, United States
Chris Weatherly

Information Security Officer, Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division Section
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States

Encryption is the primary means for protecting the confidentiality and authenticity of public safety land mobile radio (LMR) communications. Agencies using the Data Encryption Standard (DES) as their primary means of encryption risk having sensitive law enforcement, emergency response and planning information, citizen’s personal health information, and personally identifiable information exploited by criminal actors and risk being out of compliance with the Criminal Justice information Service Division policies. The discussion will address these vulnerabilities of continued use of DES; remediation actions; and how public safety agencies can identify grants and funding opportunities and best plan, establish, and maintain Advanced Encryption Standard for Project 25 (P25) LMR systems.