The terms ‘sensitive data’ and ‘encryption’ go together like warm apple pie and ice cream. Yet, debates rage about which encryption provides the strongest security protection for sensitive information.

Although end-to-end encryption (E2EE) is the best-known form – doubtless a consequence of its use in messaging platforms like WhatsApp – some technologists believe Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) is the real heavyweight champ.

While the name itself might be a mouthful, the appeal of FHE is rather easy to explain: it enables computation on encrypted data without the need...