Tarik Moataz

Principal Scientist @MongoDB l Ex Co-Founder @ Aroki Sys. (acquired) l Brown ESL

[Seny Kamara @senykam]

We recently had major end-to-end encryption announcements from @MongoDB (Queryable Encryption) & @Meta (Messenger).

To hear more about the crypto behind these announcements come see @TarikMoataz @kennwhite and @JonMillican ‘s talks at TPES on Saturday: https://t.co/STooSEe2pE

[Lily Hay Newman @lilyhnewman]

Messenger is announcing one of its incremental E2EE rollouts today, which...good! But Meta says the timing is long-planned and unrelated to revelations that the company was compelled by law enforcement to hand over chat data in the Nebraska abortion case https://t.co/v3yx83MEWQ

[Seny Kamara @senykam]

If you're interested in data security & preventing data breaches, here is a good article by @kaspersky on @MongoDB 's Queryable Encryption: https://t.co/p4y31VO2cy

[Brown CS @BrownCSDept]

@MongoDB's announcement of “Queryable Encryption” which it says is a major step forward in the realm of data security, had its roots in the research of Brown CS Professor @senykam and Visiting Scientist @TarikMoataz.

Read the full story here: https://t.co/kADKukQbYw

[Tarik Moataz @TarikMoataz]

Application for student stipends is still open and the deadline is July 31st. Please spread the word!

[Seny Kamara @senykam]

We're excited to announce the 1st Workshop on the Theory and Practice of Encrypted Search (TPES) on which is affiliated with CRYPTO '22: https://t.co/STooSEe2pE
Thanks to our sponsors @MongoDB & @Google we have funding for students who would like to attend

[Tarik Moataz @TarikMoataz]

@DemertzisYannis @senykam @MongoDB Thanks Yannis!

[Seny Kamara @senykam]

...to a team of driver engineers who implemented it in a dozen languages, to the shell & compass team who had to integrate it into the core mongo tools and to the documentation team who produced the docs.

[Seny Kamara @senykam]

It took a lot of advances in research to get to a point where something like this could be viable. But what we don't usually see as researchers is the engineering & product effort that goes into something like this. The number of people involved in building this is staggering.

[Seny Kamara @senykam]

There will be an affiliated workshop at CRYPTO 22 on the Theory and Practice of Encrypted Search where we will discuss some of the challenges that come up when designing encrypted search algorithms for a real database platform.

[Tarik Moataz @TarikMoataz]

@kartik1507 @senykam @MongoDB Thanks Kartik!

[Tarik Moataz @TarikMoataz]

@kornaropoulos @senykam @MongoDB Thank you Evgenios!

[Tarik Moataz @TarikMoataz]

@chbpap @senykam @MongoDB Thank you Babis! We will see you soon!

[Seny Kamara @senykam]

.@MongoDB is making a serious investment in encrypted search & cryptography in general and creating a new crypto research group in New York City.

[Tarik Moataz @TarikMoataz]

@ja_akinyele @senykam @MongoDB Thanks Ayo!

[Tarik Moataz @TarikMoataz]

@hackermath @senykam Thank you so much Charles!

[Tarik Moataz @TarikMoataz]

@giuper @senykam Thanks Pino!

[Seny Kamara @senykam]

When I started doing research in encrypted search 20 years ago, I made a commitment that I would see it through. In 2021 our company Aroki Sys. was acquired by @MongoDB and today I’m excited to announce that we’re releasing encrypted search in MongoDB: https://t.co/ALQdR7cC7C

[Tarik Moataz @TarikMoataz]

@vkemerlis @senykam @MongoDB Thank you so much Vasilis!

[Lily Hay Newman @lilyhnewman]

MongoDB is taking a big swing with a searchable encryption database feature called Queryable Encryption. They worked with cryptographers @senykam and @TarikMoataz to make research practical and it's open source today. AND they claim it's actually fast https://t.co/L0NulgEslb

[Seny Kamara @senykam]

I had a great time visiting @dlicornelltech at @cornell_tech yesterday. A fantastic environment to do research at the intersection of technology, the social sciences and the humanities---with great faculty and wonderful students and postdocs!