Is Cryptography Dead?
Speaker: Tuomas Siren, General Manager of Safelylocked Europe
TODAY, Wednesday, December 4
2:00 – 3: 00 p.m.
Level 0 auditorium between Ibn Al-Haytham and Ibn Sina (buildings 2 and 3)
Abstract:
With the unprecedented development of CPU/GPU architecture, Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and Application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) suitable for solving complex mathematical problems, and taking into consideration advances made towards the integer factorization problem and discrete logarithm problems, the significance of current cryptography has been put into question and reexamined. Coupled with findings from the Snowden/NSA leaks, which revealed that the encryption standards defined by the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) are no longer entirely trustworthy, progress in science and technology has presented an interesting opportunity for researchers and commercial organizations alike to explore next generation cryptographic solutions. In his lecture, Tuomas Siren, General Manager of Safelylocked Europe, explores the future of cryptography, the impact of Shor’s algorithm on cryptographic primitives, and current quantum-resistant cryptographic primitives.
Biography:
Mr. Tuomas Siren is the General Manager of Safelylocked Europe. Based in Espoo Finland, and prior to joining Safelylocked, Tuomas has held a number of Research and Development leadership roles, including Mentura Group and SSH Communications Security. He assumed several key senior management positions; including Vice President of Research and Development.
This lecture is organized by the IT Department and the Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences Division and is open to all members of the KAUST community interested in mathematics and computer science.
