cryptographer
noun
cryp·tog·ra·pher
krip-ˈtä-grə-fər 
: a specialist in cryptography: such as
a
: a clerk who enciphers and deciphers messages
b
: one who devises cryptographic methods or systems
c
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Since no one knows which ones, though, some renowned cryptographers are questioning the trustworthiness of all NIST standards.
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Nadia Heninger, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2013
To guard against a mathematical breakthrough solving the underlying problem—and breaking the code—cryptographers need access to a variety of algorithm types.
—Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
Courtesy of Xinyu Tan; Soya Park; Jessica Xu Ma began brainstorming how best to approach that question, together with Alex Lombardi, a cryptographer at Princeton University, and John Wright, a quantum computing researcher at the University of California, Berkeley.
—Ben Brubaker, WIRED, 30 June 2024
For cryptographers, who need to race ahead of quantum computers, the uncertainty is concerning.
—Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
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Nadia Heninger, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2013
To guard against a mathematical breakthrough solving the underlying problem—and breaking the code—cryptographers need access to a variety of algorithm types.
—Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
Courtesy of Xinyu Tan; Soya Park; Jessica Xu Ma began brainstorming how best to approach that question, together with Alex Lombardi, a cryptographer at Princeton University, and John Wright, a quantum computing researcher at the University of California, Berkeley.
—Ben Brubaker, WIRED, 30 June 2024
For cryptographers, who need to race ahead of quantum computers, the uncertainty is concerning.
—Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
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“Cryptographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptographer. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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