Aline Gouget

Biography

Aline Gouget is a theoretical mathematician. She has become an expert in the field of cryptology and its applications. After outstanding work on the design of encryption algorithms, she broadened the scope of her research with significant contributions in various fields: electronic money, multivariate cryptography, random generation and, more recently, cryptocurrencies. Aline Gouget also has a practical mind. She implements the technologies that make systems truly secure, and has an excellent inventive track record (over 30 patents). She leads the advanced cryptology research team at Gemalto, a Thales Group company, and continues to publish on buoyant topics such as blockchain security, and to steer research on cutting-edge subjects such as quantum and post-quantum cryptography and homomorphic encryption. It interacts closely with public research experts in these fields, and participates in Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) and European projects.

Conference: Is the time for cyber-security accelerating?

Moving digital services into the cloud and increasing connectivity, both for autonomous cars and for hitherto isolated infrastructures, are two examples of “digital transformation”. This transformation is underway. Connectivity is now very strong worldwide. The balance of power with attackers has changed. We have to adapt. Until now, cryptographers designed mechanisms to protect the confidentiality or integrity of data based on mathematics and the state of the art of attacks, which evolved in step with scientific publications. Security experts built fixed architectures and detected attacks based on known signatures, applying available updates from time to time. Nowadays, cybersecurity experts must combine their expertise, aiming for pragmatic continuous improvement, collaborative risk management and agility at all levels of design. It is becoming essential to be able to detect a new attack, and quickly decide on the most appropriate reaction to adopt. How can we adapt to this new relationship with time, and what impact does it have on the design of secure systems?