SECURE MATCHING OF DNA PROFILES

摘要

The invention relates to a method (MA; MB) of testing similarity of a first DNA-related data to a second DNA-related data under encryption based on a feature-based encryption scheme in conjunction with a secure two-party computation scheme is provided. Employing a secure two-party computation scheme allows testing similarity of the first 5 DNA-related data to the second DNA-related data. The outcome of this comparison, i.e. the test result, may be made available to an authorized party. If the test result is negative, no information about the first DNA-related data and the second DNA-related data is revealed. If the test result is positive, only limited information about the first DNA-related data and the second DNA-related data may be revealed to an authorized party.