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Matthew Kerner on data privacy

From #201 Matt Kerner: Microsoft's Coco Framework – The Holy Grail for Enterprise · · Epicenter Podcast

“People have been following the Microsoft Ireland case where we successfully fought to avoid serving a warrant for data that was held internationally based on a court order in the US; we said that we wanted that to be served but we wanted to be served with a warrant in the jurisdiction where the data was held and we went all the way to the Supreme Court.”

Matthew Kerner
Chief Technology Officer & Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Solutions, Microsoft
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On , Matthew Kerner, Chief Technology Officer & Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Solutions at Microsoft, spoke about data privacy during #201 Matt Kerner: Microsoft's Coco Framework – The Holy Grail for Enterprise on Epicenter Podcast.

#201 Matt Kerner: Microsoft's Coco Framework – The Holy Grail for Enterprise
Watch on YouTube at 22:58
#201 Matt Kerner: Microsoft's Coco Framework – The Holy Grail for Enterprise
Epicenter Podcast
Watch on YouTube at 22:58
Support the show, consider donating: BTC: 1CD83r9EzFinDNWwmRW4ssgCbhsM5bxXwg (https://epicenter.tv/tipbtc) ETH: 0x8cdb49ca5103Ce06717C4daBBFD4857183f50935 (https://epicenter.tv/tipeth) Enterprise consortium blockchains have gained a lot of interest in recent months. And although we can see many applications for this particular type of network deployment, many questions remain to be answered before these systems can move to production. Issues related to scaling, network deployment, access controls and key management remain open at this point. With its deep roots in the enterprise, Microsoft hopes to have answers to these questions. Matt Kerner, Partner GM for Blockchains at Azure, joins us to discuss Coco Framework. Coco is an open-source system which promises to enable high scalability and offer confidentiality for enterprise blockchain consortiums. This novel framework leverages Trusted Execution Environments (TEE) to deliver blockchain networks with throughput comparable to database speeds. Topics discussed in this episode: Matt's background and role at Azure Azure's high-level thesis regarding blockchains Coco Framework and how it fits in Microsoft's vision The different components of Coco and its architecture The role of TEE's in Coco How Coco achieves confidential transactions Identify management and network governance in Coco How Coco fits into other blockchain initiatives at Microsoft The framework's roadmap Links mentioned in this episode: Announcing the Coco Framework for enterprise blockchain networks: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blo... Introducing the Coco Framework - YouTube:    • Introducing the Confidential Consortium Fr...   Coco Framework Whitepaper: https://github.com/Azure/coco-framework Sponsors: Shapeshift: Buy and sell alt coins instantly and securely without a centralized exchange - http://epicenter.tv/shapeshift Watch or listen, Epicenter is available wherever you get your podcasts. Epicenter is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain, Sébastien Couture & Meher Roy.
Matthew Kerner

About Matthew Kerner

Chief Technology Officer & Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Solutions · Microsoft

Matthew Kerner, Chief Technology Officer and Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Solutions at Microsoft, has been involved in the company's blockchain and financial services initiatives. In a 2018 interview, Kerner discussed Microsoft's Coco Framework, which uses trusted execution environments for consortium blockchain networks. He described potential applications in supply-chain finance, noting that sharing verifiable data about past performance could help suppliers obtain better trade-finance loan terms. Kerner also referenced the Microsoft Ireland case, in which the company fought to require warrants in the jurisdiction where data is held. In a 2022 session on Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services, Kerner highlighted features of the platform, including a unified customer profile application that provides a holistic view of customers' life events, financial holdings, and family connections. He also demonstrated a loan tracker application that displays the status of loans across verification, processing, and closing stages, along with details on involved parties and their assets and liabilities.

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