IISc, Bengaluru develops device to improve data security.

May 30, 2022

A team at the Department of Electrical Communication Engineering (ECE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has developed a true random number generator (TRNG), which can improve data encryption for sensitive digital data such as credit card details, passwords and other personal information. “Min¬-entropy” is a parameter used to measure the performance of TRNGs.
Its value ranges from 0 (completely predictable) to 1 (completely random).
The device from Majumdar’s lab showed a record ¬high min-¬entropy of 0.98.
The performance of the device on the standard tests for cryptographic applications designed by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has exceeded their expectations.