Presented at
Kiwicon 6: The Con of the Beast (2012),
Nov. 17, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
(30 minutes)
Total eclipses, dinner chats, and missed connections brought about this talk. Noted security and crypto experts, Jon Callas, Peter Gutmann, and Nicko van Someren will talk about what's going on in security and cryptography today and also answer questions. All three of them are known for their snark and humor as well as technical expertise. Icons will be shattered, sacred cows made into juicy burgers.
Presenters:
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Jon Callas
Jon Callas is an software engineer, inventor, cryptographer, and entrepreneur. He is a co-founder of PGP Corporation and Silent Circle. He is a designer of security products that have won major innovation awards from The Wall Street Journal and others. He is a co-author of the Skein finalist for SHA3. He has worked on everything from operating systems to user experience on everything from PDP-11s to iPhones.
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Peter Gutmann
Peter Gutmann is a professional paranoid at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Auckland. He is an expert in the lack of security in just about everything around today. He has written security systems, broken security systems, been an arms courier, and written about how to do security wrong and right.
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Nicko van Someren
Nicko van Someren is co-founder of nCipher, one of the major developers of secure hardware before being bought by Thales. He has built secure execution systems, found keys stashed in corners, built security routers, and build digital media devices. He is a fellow of both the Royal Academy of Engineering and the British Computer Society.
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