Professor Bill Buchanan OBE
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A security podcast is hosted by Professor William (Bill) Buchanan OBE, a world-renowned Information security professional and educator. Join Bill as he interviews and discusses the state-of-the-art with esteemed guests from all corners of the security industry. From cryptologists to technologists, each guest shares a wealth of experience and knowledge.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
ASecuritySite Podcast connects cryptographic research to implementation through technically detailed conversations with the people designing and applying it.
Bill Buchanan begins with how his guests found their way into the field, then moves steadily from career history to the machinery of cryptography.
Bill Buchanan asks about school days before the math arrives; bring your pencil and your curiosity.
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A thoughtful cryptography discussion where theory, trust, practice, and teaching are held up to real scrutiny.
Cryptography comes through as a test of method, judgment, and intellectual nerve. Bill Buchanan's conversation follows a path from an unhappy high-school experience and early hunger for mathematics, science, English, and other serious subjects into random oracles, garbled…
A grounded look at homomorphic encryption through team leadership, hardware acceleration, and open-source practice.
The episode follows Yuri Polikov, Vice President of Cryptography and Principal Scientist at Duality Technologies, as a working cryptographer rather than as a distant specialist.
A grounded discussion of making homomorphic encryption practical for everyday software use.
Professor Bill Buchanan's conversation with Kurt Roloff frames cryptography as a matter of engineering discipline. Roloff, an associate professor of computer science at NJIT and co-founder and CTO of Duality Technologies, keeps homomorphic encryption tied to the practical work…
A clear, grounded tour of post-quantum signatures and the research life behind them.
Thomas Preset's working life gives this post-quantum cryptography conversation a steady human scale. As Head of Research at PQ Shield, he describes days divided between writing articles with co-authors and the administrative or management work that comes with the role, after…
A live Schneier Q&A that ties cryptography basics to the politics of trust.
Bruce Schneier moves the conversation from cryptography basics into the politics of trust, and that gives the talk its shape. It begins with the sort of fundamentals a security class needs, then opens out into deepfakes, decentralized social media, SHA-3, and bitcoin as a social…
Patient conversations on finance, climate, and purpose.
This episode features an interview with cryptography expert Giuseppe Ateniese, discussing his academic career, research contributions in areas like proxy re-encryption and blockchain-based computing, and recognition through awards like the NSF Career Award.
This episode features an interview with Paul van Oorschot, a renowned cryptographer and computer security researcher, discussing his background, achievements, and contributions to the field.
A panel discussion at a conference explores the parallels between the Y2K crisis and the emerging Y2Q threat in quantum computing, focusing on post-quantum cybersecurity challenges in the financial sector.
This episode features an interview with cryptography expert Professor Martin Albrecht, discussing his dual roles in academia and industry, his research focus on lattice-based cryptography and quantum security, and his work on analyzing and disclosing vulnerabilities in cryptographic systems.
This episode explores how blockchain technology can enhance cyber security through digital trust, secure data sharing, and official document transformations, featuring Professor Bill Buchanan from Edinburgh Napier University.
A Scottish government representative discusses the convergence of AI, blockchain, and cybersecurity at an international conference on digital trust, while sharing a personal anecdote about a past presentation mishap.
This episode features a panel discussion with four leaders from major financial institutions exploring how blockchain and DLT are transforming financial services for people, businesses, and communities.
This episode introduces a conference panel discussion on digital trust, AI, blockchain/DLT applications in business and society, led by the CEO of Napier University's Digital Trust Centre of Excellence.
This episode features an interview with Ralph C.
This episode features an interview with Vinod Vaikuntanathan, a leading MIT professor and cryptographer specializing in fully homomorphic encryption and lattice-based cryptography.
Bill Buchanan interviews cybersecurity expert Don Smith about his career journey and leadership roles in organizations like SecureWorks and the UK National Crime Agency.
This episode features an interview with cryptography expert Jonathan Katz, discussing his transition from academia to Google and his current role in privacy and security research.
This episode features an interview with Jamie Gilchrist, a leading innovator in blockchain and cryptography, discussing his work in operations, product development, and the fundamental concepts of blockchain technology.
This episode features an interview with cryptography expert Anna Lysyanskaya, discussing her background, research in digital signatures and anonymous credentials, and her role as a professor at Brown University.
This episode explores how Apple's security approach and the evolution of encryption technologies, particularly public key encryption methods like Diffie-Hellman and RSA, have created challenges for law enforcement agencies.
This episode features an interview with cryptography expert Chris Peikert, discussing his background, awards, and current role as a professor at the University of Michigan.
This episode features an interview with Clifford Cocks, a British mathematician who invented public key encryption while working at GCHQ, predating RSA and Diffie-Hellman methods.
This episode explains three new cybersecurity acronyms—ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA—detailing their roles as replacements for existing key exchange and digital signature methods under FIPS standards.
This episode features an interview with cryptographer David Naccache, discussing his background, achievements, and current research on blending security information from sensors in mobile devices.
This episode discusses Samsung's integration of post-quantum cryptography (PQC) into their new S25 smartphone to address future quantum computing threats and comply with upcoming NIST standards.
This episode features an interview with Aysegul Sensoy, a blockchain expert with over 20 years of experience, discussing her background in economics and career journey in emerging technologies.
This episode features an interview with cryptography expert Craig Costello, discussing his career transition from Microsoft Research to academia and comparing climates in Australia, Seattle, and the UK.
This episode features an interview with cryptography expert Kenny Paterson, discussing his background, current role at ETH Zurich, and contributions to the field.
This episode features an interview with cryptography expert Rosario Gennaro, discussing his academic career, research in privacy and security, and his role as a professor and director at City University of New York.
This episode features an interview with cryptography expert Tal Rabin, discussing her career journey from academia to industry roles at IBM, Algorand Foundation, and AWS, focusing on advanced cryptographic techniques.
This episode features an interview with cryptography expert Daniele Micciancio, discussing his work on lattice-based cryptography, including fully homomorphic encryption and foundational papers.
This episode features an interview with Srini Devadas, a leading MIT professor and researcher in cryptography, computer security, and computer architecture, highlighting his achievements and contributions to the field.
This episode features an interview with Vint Cerf, a founding father of the Internet, discussing his contributions to TCP/IP and recognition through awards like the A.M.
This episode features an interview with Vadim Lyubashevsky, a cryptographer at IBM Research Europe, discussing his work on lattice-based methods in post-quantum cryptography and his daily role as a research scientist.
This episode discusses post-quantum cryptography with Daniel J Bernstein, focusing on the performance and practical implementation of McLeese keys in protocols like PQ Connect compared to traditional TLS.
This episode features an interview with Maciej Zurawski, a technical entrepreneur and blockchain specialist with over 25 years of experience, discussing his educational background and career journey in AI and decentralized systems.
This episode features an interview with Gilles Brassard, a pioneering professor who laid the foundations of quantum cryptography and contributed to quantum teleportation, discussing his career and achievements in cryptography and quantum science.
This episode features an interview with cryptography expert Matthew Green, discussing his role as a professor at Johns Hopkins, his research work including Zero Cash, and his experiences with startups and real-world applications of encryption.
This episode features an interview with Christof Paar, a leading cryptography researcher and director at the Max Planck Institute, discussing his work and current role.
Bill Buchanan interviews Greg McLardy, an executive with 30 years of international experience who co-founded Two Hands, a blockchain application in the food industry featured by Forbes, discussing his career journey and insights.
This episode features an interview with Victor S.
This episode features an interview with Moti Yung, a leading cryptography researcher at Google and Columbia University, discussing his extensive awards and contributions to security and privacy.
Bruce Schneier discusses the advantages of AI over humans in cybersecurity, focusing on dimensions like speed, scale, scope, and sophistication.
Federico Charosky shares his entrepreneurial journey from Argentina to founding cybersecurity company Quorum Cyber, discussing his experiences with startups, technology adoption, and business growth.
This episode features an interview with Aggelos Kiayias, a leading professor and researcher in cryptography and blockchain technology, discussing his roles, achievements, and daily work.
This episode features an interview with cryptography expert Jens Groth, discussing his career, research in zero-knowledge proofs and pairing-based cryptography, his role at Nexus, and his award-winning contributions to the field.
This episode features an interview with Gene Tsudik, a distinguished professor and world leader in cryptography, discussing his background, current role, and research in security and privacy.
This episode features an interview with Amit Sahai, a leading cryptography professor at UCLA, discussing his career achievements and contributions to fields like functional encryption and zero-knowledge proofs.
This episode features an interview with cryptography expert Bart Preneel, discussing his contributions to hash functions, Bitcoin addressing, encryption algorithms, and privacy-focused contact tracing during the pandemic.
Debbie Reynolds interviews Professor Bill Buchanan about his career journey into applied cryptography and data privacy insights.
Professor Bill Buchanan interviews cryptography pioneer Ivan Damgard about his groundbreaking work, academic career, and daily life as a leading researcher in the field.
Bruce Schneier discusses election security, highlighting the challenges of anonymous voting and why internet voting is insecure.
This episode features an interview with cryptography pioneer Joost van der Woel, discussing his career, contributions to fields like AES and data mining, and his current activities as a professor emeritus.
Professor Bill Buchanan interviews Alfred Menezes, a leading cryptographer known for co-inventing ECDSA and authoring the Handbook of Applied Cryptography.
Bill Buchanan interviews Brent Waters, a leading cryptographer known for inventing attribute-based encryption and functional encryption, discussing his roles at University of Texas and NTT Research, his career journey, and the impact of his research on cybersecurity.
Bill Buchanan's World Leaders in Cryptography interview with Philip Ruggaway centers on cryptography, privacy, and practice-oriented proof methods.
Bill Buchanan hosts Yuri Polikov, Duality Technologies' Vice President of Cryptography and Principal Scientist, and Polikov also says he co-founded Palisade and leads OpenFHE.
["Professor Bill Buchanan introduces Kurt Roloff, an NJIT associate professor and Duality Technologies CTO who also co-founded Palisade and OpenFHE.", "Roloff says Duality focuses on secure data collaboration, with rare-disease analytics as a concrete example of sharing sensitive patient data without exposing it.", "He traces his path from Georgia Tech electrical engineering and control systems to BBN Technologies, DARPA, and early internet stories involving Ray Tomlinson.", "Most of the interview turns on homomorphic encryption, including bootstrapping, a 2010 Cypher library, and a voice-over-IP demo that ran on iPhone 5s hardware and Amazon servers."]
Thomas Prest, PQ Shield's Head of Research and a Falcon co-author, says quantum computers threaten RSA and Diffie-Hellman while symmetric crypto mostly needs larger keys.
ASecuritySite Podcast interviews Amit Gupta, founder and CEO of Acubed IT, about cross-domain cybersecurity for UK government and other sensitive environments.
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Harry McLaren of Adarma presents modern security operations through SOC technology, Splunk, and the MITRE ATT&CK framework.