Data privacy and security is a minefield. A cybersecurity team can deploy layers of encryption, firewalls, and anti-malware to protect their organization, but a savvy hacker needs only one loosely defended entry point to wreak havoc.

With well-organized hacking groups able to take servers offline for days or even weeks—as seen at the end of January, when LockBit forced Ion Trading to shut down a key futures trading service using ransomware—privacy-enhancing technologies have been touted as a