SecAppDev 2023 Faculty
Bart Preneel
Professor, KU Leuven
Prof. Bart Preneel is a full professor at the KU Leuven, where he heads the COSIC research group. He was visiting professor at five universities in Europe. His main research interests are cryptography, cybersecurity and privacy. He has been invited speaker at more than 150 conferences in 50 countries. He received the RSA Award for Excellence in the Field of Mathematics (2014) and is a fellow of the IACR. Bart Preneel frequently consults for industry and government about cybersecurity and privacy technologies. He has been actively involved in cybersecurity policy debates.
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Grab your seat nowAn intro to cryptographic algorithms
Introductory lecture by Bart Preneel in room Lemaire
Monday June 12th, 16:00 - 17:30
In this session, you will learn about the security properties of various cryptographic building blocks, such as stream & block ciphers, hash functions, MAC algorithms, authenticated encryption schemes, public key encryption, and digital signatures.
Key takeaway: Understanding which algorithm to choose for which application
Demystifying Zero Trust
Introductory lecture by Bart Preneel in room Lemaire
Wednesday June 14th, 09:00 - 10:30
We discuss the principles of zero trust and explain how it can be implemented. We also discuss how we can build up trust in devices, software and hardware components.
Key takeaway: Understand whether zero trust is useful for your organization or system. Reflect on which products and services you trust and why
Entity authentication and key establishment
Deep-dive lecture by Bart Preneel in room Lemaire
Wednesday June 14th, 11:00 - 12:30
This session explains the principles of entity authentication, authenticated key establishment and Public Key Infrastructure. The lecture is illustrated with the protocols used in 3G, SSH, TLS, and Signal.
Key takeaway: This session will explain how entity authentication and authenticated key establishment protocols work and will help you to choose the right protocol