Klaus Schmeh

Klaus Schmeh has written 15 books (mostly in German) about cryptography, as well as over 250 articles, 25 scientific papers, and 1500 blog posts. Klaus’s main fields of interest are codebreaking and the history of encryption. Klaus is a popular speaker, known for his entertaining presentation style involving self-drawn cartoons, self-composed songs, and Lego models. He has lectured at hundreds of conferences, including the NSA Crypto History Symposium, DEF CON, and the RSA Conference. In his day job, Klaus works as a crypto expert for the global IT security company Eviden.

• @KlausSchmeh

Presentations:

• 2024-08-10 16:00 - DEF CON 32 (2024) - Encrypted newspaper ads in the 19th century - The world's first worldwide secure communication system
• 2022-07-23 12:00 - A New HOPE (2022) - Breaking 19th Century Encrypted Newspaper Ads With Modern Means
• 2019-09-13 09:30 - 44CON 2019 - Cold War Cryptography
• ????-??-?? ??:?? - 44CON 2017 - Breaking Historical Ciphers with Modern Algorithms

Copresenters:

• Elonka Dunin
  • 2024-08-10 16:00 - DEF CON 32 (2024) - Encrypted newspaper ads in the 19th century - The world's first worldwide secure communication system
  • 2022-07-23 12:00 - A New HOPE (2022) - Breaking 19th Century Encrypted Newspaper Ads With Modern Means
• A.J. Jacobs
  • 2022-07-23 12:00 - A New HOPE (2022) - Breaking 19th Century Encrypted Newspaper Ads With Modern Means