RomHack Camp 2026

Why I've to waste my (precious) time on cryptography?
2026-10-02 , STAGE 2 (Ghost in the Shellcode)
Language: Italiano

Cryptography is a magic ring of darkness and mistiness, but seems that every time a new attack comes in town, while cryptographers get excited, technicians start suffering to re-configure everything trying to survive following signals coming from misterious regulations and crypto public challenges. And in the Quantum era everything is exploding: QKD, PQC, Hybrid Crypto, key exchange latency problems. We'll try to give a little survival guide for this (apparently new) world, which can make us more aware and confident on the future, or at least better prepare for the next fashionable attacks. Maybe..

Andrea Pompili is an information technology specialist that takes care of security. He joined the computer's world with one of the most famous Italian games based on the C64 platform. Once graduated, he started working first in the software development market, and then in computer security, following security threats and solutions on strategic projects. Currently Andrea is a strategy advisor in Cyber Security, and aims to discover and integrate innovative solutions for this connected world

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