Stefan Brands
Stefan Brands is an entrepreneur and former cryptography researcher whose work has focused on digital identity, electronic money, and information privacy. He obtained his doctorate[1] from Eindhoven University of Technology while at CWI in Amsterdam. In 2002 Stefan founded Credentica[2] to advance his U-Prove technology[3]. In February 2008 Credentica sold[4] U-Prove to Microsoft, and Stefan joined[5] its Connected Systems Division[6] for two years as a Principal Architect to assist in opening up[7][8][9] the technology. Stefan holds an Adjunct Professorship[10] at McGill University School of Computer Science in Montreal and is an advisor to the Electronic Privacy Information Center[11] (EPIC) and the ISP Institute[12] of University of Toronto. Prior to Credentica, Stefan worked at Zero-Knowledge Systems[13][14][15] and DigiCash,[16] both of which were licensees of his technology.
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- ^ "Rethinking Public Key Infrastructures and Digital Certificates: Building in Privacy". Credentica.com. Retrieved on 29 November 2011.
- ^ Credentica web site. Credentica.com. Retrieved on 29 November 2011.
- ^ McCullagh, Declan. (16 December 2002) CNET News: Perspective: Tech's answer to Big Brother. News.com.com. Retrieved on 29 November 2011.
- ^ Wired News: Microsoft Promises Not to Hoard Crypto-Based ID Protection. Wired.com. Retrieved on 29 November 2011.
- ^ Heath, William. (4 April 2008) Microsoft lines up with the good guys on identity tech. The Register. Retrieved on 29 November 2011.
- ^ Foley, Mary Jo. (1 August 2005) Microsoft Forms New Connected Systems Division. Microsoft-watch.com. Retrieved on 29 November 2011.
- ^ Microsoft Press Release: Progress Toward a Safer, More Trusted Internet. Microsoft.com (2 March 2010). Retrieved on 29 November 2011.
- ^ Bright, Peter. (3 March 2010) Microsoft open-sources clever U-Prove identity framework. Ars Technica. Retrieved on 29 November 2011.
- ^ Microsoft Progress on End-to-End Trust. Microsoft.com. Retrieved on 29 November 2011.
- ^ Contact information. Cs.mcgill.ca. Retrieved on 29 November 2011.
- ^ EPIC Advisory Board. Epic.org. Retrieved on 29 November 2011.
- ^ IPSI home page: People. Ipsi.utoronto.ca. Retrieved on 29 November 2011.
- ^ Zero-Knowledge Systems: Press Release. Replay.waybackmachine.org (7 April 2000). Retrieved on 29 November 2011.
- ^ Wired News: A New ID-Less ID System. Wired.com. Retrieved on 29 November 2011.
- ^ Wall Street Journal: Zero-Knowledge Is Hoping to Cash In On Move to Anonymous Funds for Web. Cryptome.org. Retrieved on 29 November 2011.
- ^ How DigiCash Blew Everything[dead link]
