Gallery of the Uncommon
Tradition still remains
In this edition of BIP, we talk about INESC TEC's participation in Deucalion's specification, a European supercomputer that is at the top of computer sophistication. In the last edition of BIP, we announced the Keyruptive technology, which is a mobile wallet that stores crypto coins in a secure and convenient way. Before that, we had already mentioned the SafeCloud project, which was developed in order to make data in the cloud inviolable, thus ensuring that the data of millions of users of cloud storage services aren't being handled by third parties.
There are many examples in every edition of BIP: we have increasingly agile, sophisticated and secure resources in order to protect millions of data that are generated every minute.
However, at INESC TEC, tradition still remains and there is a Centre that stores its data in the safest way possible: paper files, stored in drawers in alphabetical order. A hacker launching a virus, worms, ramsomware, rootkits? Big deal. The real threat is in the silverfishes. However, our researchers have already created a specific sensor that detects this infestation and that monitors and launches a real-time alert.
INESC TEC, innovating since 1985 :)