After a day of pre-conference workshops, the International Cryptographic Module Conference (ICMC) 2018 was kicked off this morning with a welcome address from atsec’s VP and Lab Director Yi Mao. The welcome was followed by keynote speeches from Jason Hart, CTO of Data Protection for Gemalto UK and Scott Jones, Assistant Deputy Minister of Information Technology Security for Communications Security Establishment of Canada.
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At the ICMC more than 400 attendees from 26 countries will have an opportunity to exchange ideas, network and learn from over 100 industry experts about commercial cryptography and standards like FIPS 140-2, ISO/IEC 19790, and Common Criteria.
More information about the conference running from May 8th to May 11th at the Shaw Center in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada can be found here: https://icmconference.org.