Dr. Tommaso Gagliardoni is a mathematician, cryptographer, and quantum security expert. Tommaso published influential peer-reviewed papers in the areas of cryptography, quantum computing, security, and privacy, and spoke at conferences such as CRYPTO, EUROCRYPT, ASIACRYPT, and Black Hat Europe. He is known, among other achievements, for his collaborations in solving the longstanding problem of adaptive quantum authentication (EUROCRYPT 2018, TQC 2019) and breaking the security of ISO-standard smart card protocol PLAID (Real World Crypto 2015, SSR 2015). As a subject expert on quantum security, he serves in the program committee of academic conferences, and collaborates with the WEF, NIST and other official agencies in the context of international agreements and standardization. Expert in blockchain and DeFi technologies, he has performed cryptographic code audits for clients such as Binance, Coinbase, Swiss Post. He also has a background in privacy hacktivism, investigative journalism, and ethical hacking, speaking at venues such as the International Journalism Festival. Tommaso worked at IBM Research before joining the research team of Swiss-American cybersecurity company Kudelski Security, where he is currently technical leader for the initiatives in advanced cryptography services and quantum security.
