Rob Stubbs

Rob Stubbs is an experienced professional within the global cybersecurity industry. He has over 17 years of experience in cybersecurity, spanning both the commercial and defence sectors, with a particular focus on cryptography, key management and encryption of data at rest and in motion. Rob has participated in technical working groups for the UK Crypto Developers Forum and Common Criteria Users Forum, and has significant experience with the FIPS, Common Criteria and PCI product certification schemes, as well as with UK, US and NATO assurance schemes for the protection of classified information up to TOP SECRET. Starting his career with a hi-tech start-up in 1984, Rob has held Director-level roles in engineering, product management, operations and sales & marketing. Having previously worked for two of the leading hardware security module (HSM) vendors, he is currently Sales Director at Cryptomathic, a software security company headquartered in Denmark that specialises in mission-critical security solutions for the banking and financial industry. Based at their Cambridge, UK office, Rob’s responsibility includes major clients across Europe, Middle East, Africa and SE Asia.

An Overview of Symmetric Encryption and the Key Lifecycle

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An Overview of Symmetric Encryption and the Key Lifecycle

In this article, the first of a 3-part series on symmetric key encryption technology, we will look at the principles of symmetric encryption, the two...

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Key Meta-Data: Why It’s Important and How to Manage It

This article explains the concept of meta-data in the context of cryptographic keys, explaining why it is used and the necessity to manage it well.

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Understanding Cryptographic Key Management Concepts

This article looks at the concept of cryptographic key management – what it is, why it’s important, and how an electronic key management system...

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Quantum Computing and its Impact on Cryptography

“Quantum computing” is computation performed using a computing device based on the strange, counter-intuitive physical properties of matter at very...

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Trends in Cryptography Part 3 – HSMs and Cloud Computing

In this final part of the series, we look at how cloud computing will impact the use of cryptography and at the future of HSMs; and finally, we...

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Trends in Cryptography Part 2 – Blockchain, IoT and Quantum Technology

As part 2 of this 3-part series, here we look at new applications such as blockchain and IoT, as well as the impact of quantum technology.

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Trends in Cryptography Part 1 – Algorithms and Encryption

Cryptography has come a long way since ancient times, and the pace of development has been especially quick over the last 2 decades. Indeed, many...

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Buyer’s Guide to Choosing a Crypto Key Management System - Part 3

Part 3: Choosing the Right Key Management System In this concluding part, we will examine the business case for introducing a new key management...

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Buyer’s Guide to Choosing a Crypto Key Management System - Part 2

Part 2: The Requirement for a Key Management System In Part 1of this three-part article, we introduced the concept of key management and the...

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