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RSA Conference 2024 Announces Annual Awards for Lifetime Achievement and Excellence in the Field of MathematicsSAN FRANCISCO, May 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA Conference™, the world's leading cybersecurity conferences and expositions, today announced the recipient of the RSA Conference 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award, Michael Brown, Rear Admiral, US Navy (Ret.), as well as the recipients of the Award for Excellence in the Field of Mathematics, Craig Gentry, Chief Technology Officer at TripleBlind, and Oded Regev, Silver Professor in the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University. For the third consecutive year, the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) co-sponsored the Mathematics Award with RSA Conference. RSA Conference 2024 Annual Awards for Lifetime Achievement and Excellence in the Field of Mathematics "It's an honor to recognize the lengthy career and distinguished service of Michael Brown along with the pioneering efforts of Craig Gentry and Oded Regev, two distinguished individuals in the cryptography and encryption space," said Linda Gray Martin, Senior Vice President, RSA Conference. "All three of this year's award recipients have demonstrated deep dedication to their fields and will have a long-lasting impact on the cybersecurity industry." Lifetime Achievement Award The RSA Conference 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded to Michael Brown, Rear Admiral, US Navy (Ret.) Brown joined the Navy in 1976 as a Midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy, and over the next three plus decades, went on to hold significant leadership positions within the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, specializing in intelligence and information operations, and playing a key role in expanding the Navy's operational role in cyberspace. His last position on active duty was as the Director of Cybersecurity Coordination for DHS where he was responsible for increasing inter-agency collaboration in strategic planning for the nation's cybersecurity, mutual support for capabilities development, and synchronization of current mission activities for the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security. After leaving the Navy, Brown joined RSA Security as the President of its Federal Division and partnered with RSA Conference, leading collaboration with governments around the world. Today, he's the Founder and President of Spinnaker Security, a cosulting business focused on understanding, identifying and mitigating business risks associated with cybersecurity. Brown received the DHS Distinguished Service Medal, one of the Department's highest honors, along with numerous military commendations during his career in the US Navy. Award for Excellence in the Field of Mathematics, Co-Sponsored by IACR The recipients of the RSA Conference 2024 Excellence in the Field of Mathematics Award are: Craig Gentry Oded Regev "The IACR is thrilled to be co-sponsoring the Excellence in the Field of Mathematics Award again this year," said Michel Abdalla, President, IACR. "The math award winners this year made significant contributions to the field of lattice-based cryptography, including a foundational `Learning with Errors'-based cryptosystem (Regev) and the first 'Fully Homomorphic Encryption' system (Gentry). Their outstanding efforts in the field of mathematics and cryptography have been critical to the progress of cybersecurity." For more information regarding RSA Conference 2024, taking place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco this week from May 6-9, visit our website at www.rsaconference.com/usa. About RSA Conference About the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) The International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) is a non-profit organization devoted to supporting the promotion of the science of cryptology. Cryptology is the science of the making and breaking of encryption algorithms, but in the modern world it encompasses so much more. You use cryptology all the time, when banking, when using a mobile phone, when opening your car door. You are even using it now when you are reading this web page. IACR organize a series of conferences and workshops. IACR publishes the Journal of Cryptology, in addition to the proceedings of its conference and workshops. IACR also maintains the Cryptology ePrint Archive, an online repository of cryptologic research papers aimed at providing rapid dissemination of results. For more information, please visit www.iacr.org. View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rsa-conference-2024-announces-annual-awards-for-lifetime-achievement-and-excellence-in-the-field-of-mathematics-302138780.html SOURCE RSA Conference |