cryptographer
Ron Rivest
Ronald Rivest was born on 1947 in Schenectady, New York. He is a notable cryptographer who is one of the inventors of the RSA algorithm (along with Adi Shamir and Len Adleman). He is the inventor of the symmetric key encryption algorithms RC2, RC4, RC5, and co-inventor of RC6. He was also a founder of RSA Data Security (now merged with Security Dynamics to form RSA Security) and of Peppercoin.
Bruce Schneier
He was born on January 15, 1963 in New York City, New York. He was the son of Martin Schneier, a former Brooklyn Supreme Court judge. He is an internationally renowned security technologist, cryptographer, computer security specialist, and author. He is described by The Economist as a "security guru," he is best known as a refreshingly candid and lucid security critic and commentator. Author of these infamous books; Liars & Outliers, Cryptography Engineering, Schneier on Security, Beyond Fear, Secrets and Lies, Practical Cryptography, Applied Cryptography, The Electronic Privacy Papers, The Twofish Encryption Algorithm, E-Mail Security, and Protect Your Macintosh. He also publishes a free monthly newsletter in Crypto-Gram, and a blog at www.schneier.com.
He also has spoken at various international security conferences.
