Security News > 2021 > April > PQShield appoints Ben Marshall as a Cryptography Engineer

PQShield announces that it is further strengthening its cryptographic hardware team with the appointment of Ben Marshall, the editor and main author of the RISC-V "K" Cryptography Extension, as a Cryptography Engineer.

Ben will continue to contribute to RISC-V International's cryptography standardisation efforts while also working on PQShield's post-quantum hardware architecture.

With one of the UK's highest concentrations of cryptography PhDs outside academia and the classified sector, the PQShield team is also a leading contributor to NIST's post-quantum cryptography standardisation project, now in its concluding stages, having contributed two of the seven finalist algorithms.

For over a year, PQShield has been working with Ben and the RISC-V International Cryptographic Extensions Task Group to provide solid, FIPS-compliant symmetric cryptography foundations for the RISC-V ISA, which helps to support PQShield's post-quantum cryptography mission.

"I am thrilled that PQShield continues to attract the best and brightest security and cryptography talents in software and hardware; we're excited to welcome Ben Marshall, an exceptional cryptography hardware engineer, to our ever-growing family," said Dr. Ali El Kaafarani, CEO and Founder of PQShield.

"Substantial contributions from cryptography experts and RISC-V International members, such as PQShield, play a key role in achieving our security goals," said Mark Himelstein, CTO, RISC-V International.

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