Lena Heimberger
Lena is a cryptographer working on privacy in a post-quantum world. She focuses on blind evaluation for privacy-preserving protocols, while also gossiping about transparency on the side.
Outside of cryptography, she stares at chessboards and is looking for the perfect minimal techno beat to match her complexity problems.
Session
A lot of people say they want to learn about post-quantum cryptography. One day, your favourite regulation authority asks you to switch to post-quantum in the next five years. While a great motivator to finally learn about PQ, what does that actually mean for you and me, your company and your non-tech friends?
The talk will cover:
- why we need to switch to post-quantum
- are some cryptographic algorithms more vulnerable than others
- what you should change when.
More importantly, we'll talk about the algorithms under the schemes: Which one should you use for your server, and which one is maybe more suited as a conversation topic at dinner parties.
Finally, we'll look ahead: What are academics thinking about, and what is out there beyond key exchange and signatures?