PQShield announces appointment of Ben Marshall, editor and main author of the RISC-V “K” Cryptography Extension, to bolster its hardware division
LONDON and OXFORD, England, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — PQShield, the cybersecurity company specialising in post-quantum cryptography, today announces that it is further strengthening its cryptographic hardware team with the appointment of Ben Marshall, the editor and main author of the RISC-V “K” Cryptography Extension, as a Cryptography Engineer. Ben will continue to contribute to RISC-V International’s cryptography standardisation efforts while also working on PQShield’s post-quantum hardware architecture.
While quantum computers offer enormous potential benefits to society, they also pose a significant risk to information security, as they will be able to easily break the public-key encryption widely relied on to protect sensitive data. Because of this, engineers and scientists around the world are working to develop post-quantum cryptographic solutions, using a new generation of encryption that will help organisations secure…
