In a clear win for digital rights last year, the new German coalition government has given their resolute support for end-to-end encryption, the “right to encryption”, and no backdoors. Germans can now take the protection of their data into their own hands.

Hence, German IT and cybersecurity companies are poised to enjoy greater business certainty and constructive debate about the place of encryption in today’s rapidly changing security environment. However, is this the case? What does it mean to have an encryption friendly government? And how do vendors and customers alike navigate regulation and security concerns to employ encryption in the real world?

Our expert panel, Istvan Lam, Tresorit CEO, and Peter Rost, se ...