Dr. Kevin Foltz is a research staff member at Institute for Defense Analyses. He works on Enterprise Level Security (ELS) in support of the Air Force and Department of Defense to provide secure communication and collaboration. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from California Institute of Technology and degrees in mathematics, computer science, and strategic security studies from Rice University and National Defense University.

To communicate ideas we use standard languages, protocols, data formats, and units of measure. However, different people, machines, and software use different standards. Translators allow these different entities to communicate, but this requires them to trust the translator to properly represent and protect their information. Automated translation methods typically allow a translator to change or share a message without the knowledge of the communicating entities. Such methods deny the communicating entities basic security guarantees such as integrity and confidentiality. This talk discusses challenges and potential solutions to secure translation.