End-to-End Encryption
What is End-to-End Encryption?
Encryption of data throughout its entire journey from sender to recipient, preventing any intermediary from accessing the content.
Terms that appear alongside end-to-end encryption
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as end-to-end encryption. The number is how many controls name both.
- encryption 8 shared controls
- itar 3 shared controls
- access management 2 shared controls
- vulnerability 2 shared controls
- network segmentation 2 shared controls
- administrative access 2 shared controls
- cybersecurity 2 shared controls
- data protection 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern end-to-end encryption
What the standards actually require on end-to-end encryption
Requirements naming end-to-end encryption across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Protect communications using end-to-end encryption (preventing intermediaries from accessing content) and traffic-pattern hiding (proxy and onion routing) to limit metadata exposure; choose mechanisms commensurate with the threat model and the data category.
ENISA-DPE-5.1 · Communication channels (end-to-end encryption, proxy/onion routing) →RBI AA Framework imposes strict IT and data protection controls reflecting the elevated trust and sensitivity of consolidating financial information.
RBI-AA-IT-DataProtection-Transience-NoStorage-E2EE-DataLocalisation-IS-PolicyFramework · RBI AA IT + Data Protection - Data Transience + No Storage at AA + End-to-End Encryption + Data Localisation in India + Information Security Policy + RBI IT Framework for NBFC-AA →Security Dimensions 4 and 5 per X.805 Clauses 6.4 and 6.5 are closely related: (1) Data Confidentiality (Dim 4) protects data from unauthorized disclosure - ensures that the data content cannot be understood by unauthorized entities.
X805-Dim4-5-Data-Confidentiality-Communication-Security-Encryption-Information-Flow-Protection · ITU-T X.805 Security Dimensions 4-5 - Data Confidentiality + Communication Security + Encryption At-Rest + In-Transit + In-Use + Information Flow Protection + Steered Communication + Anti-Tap + Anti-Eavesdrop + Post-Quantum Cryptography →Cloud computing restrictions for ITAR data. End-to-end encryption for cloud storage. US-person-only administrative access. Data centre location considerations. Key management. AWS GovCloud and Azure Government options.
US-ITAR-EAR-DS-02 · Cloud and Storage →Article 7 imposes phased interoperability on Number-Independent Interpersonal Communication Services (N-IICS) designated as CPS: (1) free-of-charge interoperability access on request to any other N-IICS, with messaging functionality (text, image, audio, video)...
DMA-Art.7 · N-IICS interoperability (Article 7) →HL7 FHIR Transport Security. TRANSPORT LAYER SECURITY (TLS) - all FHIR APIs MUST use TLS 1.2+ for production + TLS 1.3 recommended; certificate validation + trust chain + certificate pinning where appropriate + HSTS + secure session establishment + cipher suit...
HL7-FHIR-Transport-TLS-Communication · HL7 FHIR Transport Security - TLS 1.2+, Communication Security, Time Keeping, Server CapabilityStatement →Questions people ask about end-to-end encryption
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