<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040811/sfw036_1.html?printer=1> Yahoo! Finance Press Release Source: Cryptography Research, Inc. Paul Kocher to Address Researchers at CHES 2004 Conference Wednesday August 11, 8:03 am ET Security Expert Shares Insights on the Future of Applied Crypto SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- As the use of secure smartcards and other embedded systems continues to grow, the security and tamper resistance of these devices is becoming increasingly important, according to Paul Kocher, president and chief scientist at Cryptography Research, Inc. Kocher will discuss his vision of the challenges and solutions ahead for these systems at the upcoming Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems (CHES) 2004 conference. Kocher will present his views at an invited lecture, "From Proof to Practice: Real-World Cryptography," at CHES, the world's leading research conference in applied tamper resistance, at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, August 13 at the Boston Marriott Cambridge Hotel. A pioneer in the field of differential power analysis (DPA) and countermeasures, Kocher will discuss the issues involved in building trustworthy cryptographic components that provide relying parties with "rational confidence" in security. "You need to have security that is both effective and that is verifiable by relying parties, since either one without the other is useless," Kocher explains. According to Kocher, one of the most difficult unsolved research problems in security and cryptography is to find effective ways to manage the risks created by the combination of human fallibility and the increasing complexity of modern security systems. "Traditional engineering approaches simply do not produce robust security," Kocher said. "At Cryptography Research, we've been learning to manage this problem by applying risk mitigation approaches from more established industries, such as aviation and medicine." Kocher's talk will describe some of these approaches and lessons, as well as open research problems where additional work is needed. About Paul Kocher Paul Kocher has gained an international reputation for his consulting work and academic research in cryptography. His research projects have included designing and co-authoring SSL v3.0, discovering timing attack cryptanalysis, and architecting the record-breaking DES Key Search machine, Deep Crack. At Cryptography Research, he led the team that discovered Differential Power Analysis, as well as the countermeasures for securing smart cards and other devices against these attacks. About Cryptography Research, Inc. Cryptography Research, Inc. provides consulting services and technology to solve complex security problems. In addition to security evaluation and applied engineering work, CRI is actively involved in long-term research in areas including tamper resistance, content protection, network security and financial services. The company has a broad portfolio of patents covering countermeasures to differential power analysis and other vulnerabilities, and is committed to helping companies produce secure smart cards and other tamper resistant devices. Security systems designed by Cryptography Research engineers annually protect more than $60 billion of commerce for wireless, telecommunications, financial, digital television and Internet industries. For additional information or to arrange a consultation with a member of the technical staff, please contact Jennifer Craft at 415-397-0123, ext. 329 or visit www.cryptography.com. Source: Cryptography Research, Inc. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'