Jacob Mendel

Head of Cryptography & Cybersecurity State Street

An accomplished executive with over two decades of experience in Emerging Businesses, specializing in the fields of Cybersecurity, Blockchain, WEB3, NFT, Crypto, Business Development, Program & Product Management and High-end Cybersecurity engineering. History of leading advanced innovative Blockchain and Cybersecurity products into mass market and increasing the profitability. Known for creative approaches to problem solving, exceptional leadership, advanced negotiation skills, and the ability to establish outstanding relationships with vendors and customers.

Proven track records in Cybersecurity, Blockchain/ WEB3/ Crypto, Hardware security (eSE, TEE, SGX), High Confidential Data (HCD), Privacy, Secure Operating Systems, Digital rights management (DRM), Security certification (CC, FIPS, EMV), Red-Team, Pen-Test, Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT), Secure identity management (eID), HW & SW Reverse Engineering, IoT security, Machine learning (ML), ICS/Smart Grid, Cloud security, NFC (RF) cybersecurity & applications, Secure software developing and Trusted Computing, Secure financial solutions and system integration. Intricate knowledge of applied cryptography with understanding of the underlying mechanisms. Profound knowledge of security protocols and an established experience in defining new security protocols.

Main research interest is on: WEB3, FHE, MPC, Quantum Key Distribution, Privacy Preservation ML and business continuation under cyber-attack. The economic perspective of cybersecurity attacks, Blockchain technology with a special focus on cybersecurity attacks.

CEO/Co-Founder of a security software company which has been acquired by Broadcom.