October 7-9, 2025
October 7-9, 2025
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“We believe everyone should have access to security and privacy tools, whoever they are, wherever they are or whatever their personal beliefs are, as a fundamental human right.”
OUR MISSION
“We believe everyone should have access to security and privacy tools, whoever they are, wherever they are or whatever their personal beliefs are, as a fundamental human right.”


The Anatomy of a Broken Standards Body

People writing crypto and security software rely on standards set by standards bodies in order to create secure and interoperable implementations. But what happens when the principal standards body involved has been severely dysfunctional for years, captured by large business interests and professional meeting-goers paid to churn out more and more documents, often of dubious or even no value? This talk looks at one such standards body, and why and how it went off the rails.

Date: 08.10.2025
Time: 13:30
Location: Belvedere I
Track: Security, Compliance & the Law