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Grant supports research into backdoors in encryption devices
Encryption devices from the last century were designed to keep messages secret, but some contained deliberate weaknesses that allowed intelligence agencies to read them. Stijn Maatje of CWI’s Cryptology group is investigating …
Lisa Kohl receives Vidi grant for secure collaboration on sensitive data
Cryptology-researcher Lisa Kohl is awarded a Vidi grant from NWO for research on secure Multi Party Computation (MPC). The aim is to allow parties that work with sensitive data to share data …
AI helps uncover weakness in cryptographic method of Amsterdam/Leiden researchers
An AI model helped uncover a weakness in HAWK, an experimental digital signature system designed to protect online communications. HAWK was developed by a team including researchers at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica …
Veni grant for research into quantum-resistant digital locks
Researcher Wessel van Woerden has received a Veni grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to design compact digital ‘locks’ that protect systems against attacks by quantum computers. Van Woerden will join …
AIVD, CWI, and TNO publish renewed handbook for quantum-safe cryptography
The General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD), Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), and TNO published a renewed handbook for quantum-safe cryptography.
NIST standardizes quantum-safe cryptography methods
Three quantum-safe cryptography methods are now standardized for global use. Léo Ducas from CWI’s Cryptology group co-designed the two primary PQC methods selected for this standardization.
Vulnerability demonstrated in RADIUS/UDP network protocol
There is a vulnerability found in the RADIUS/UDP protocol, which is widely used for access control to networks and network equipment. An international team of researchers, including CWI cryptanalyst Marc Stevens, announced …
At the forefront of multimedia and security standards
In recent years CWI researchers have contributed to the development of new international standards for three-dimensional video and post-quantum cryptography. In the near future this will lead to new multimedia formats for …
