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Presentation: "Cryptography Pitfalls"

Time: Wednesday 17:10 - 18:00 / Location: Grand Ballroom C

As developers we tend do a poor job of implementing cryptography and other security measures in our systems. Often the primitives used are out of date and overlook very subtle flaws. These mistakes lead to systems that are hopelessly insecure despite our perception that we’ve build an impenetrable fortress. Fortunately there are a few tools and techniques at our disposal that can ease some of the pain. In this talk we’ll explore some of the most common pitfalls developers encounter with cryptography and restore some of our sanity.

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John Downey, Security Lead at Braintree

John Downey

Biography: John Downey

John Downey is the Security Lead at Braintree. Braintree helps businesses accept payments online with great development tools and first class support. There he has worked on their highly available infrastructure and integrations into the banking system. In his free time he contributes to open source projects and mentors high school students in the FIRST Robotics Competition.