Business Administration Division

Accounting Professor Awarded U.S. Patent

New encryption method protects sensitive data

The U.S. Patent Office recently awarded assistant professor of accounting Nicole Forsgren Velasquez a patent for her work to encrypt data in volatile memory. View the patent here.

Professor Velasquez will also be a guest speaker at a Women in Tech event in Silicon Valley hosted by Taos and is featured in the company's March newsletter. Read more in the San Francisco Chronicle's coverage of the event.