World-leaders in Cryptography: David Naccache
From ASecuritySite Podcast by Professor Bill Buchanan OBE
February 19, 2026 · 1h 23m · Season 22 · Episode 1
About this episode
The episode features David Naccache, a prominent cryptographer, discussing his contributions to public-key cryptography and digital signature schemes.
David is a cryptographer and a professor at the École normale supérieure. He was previously a professor at Panthéon-Assas University. David is well known for his work in public-key cryptography, especially around the cryptanalysis of digital signature schemes. He co-designed the Naccache-Stern cryptosystem and the Naccache-Stern knapsack cryptosystem. David is also a visiting professor and researcher at the Information Security Group of Royal Holloway, University of London, and in 2020, was elected as a Fellow of the IACR.
People in this episode
Host: Professor Bill Buchanan OBE
Guest: David Naccache
Topics covered
- cryptography
- public-key cryptography
- digital signature schemes
- cryptanalysis
- Naccache-Stern cryptosystem
Keywords
- cryptography
- public-key
- digital signatures
- Naccache-Stern
- cryptanalysis
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: École normale supérieure, Panthéon-Assas University, Information Security Group of Royal Holloway, University of London, IACR
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