They open the podcast with a high-level overview of the current IoT landscape then Shahram gives advice on how to approach security and overcome common roadblocks in the industry. He then goes into greater detail about protecting yourself in the IoT journey, how root of trust works, and where he sees the future of IoT security heading. Ryan and Shahram wrap up the podcast with a conversation about how this niche has changed during the pandemic. 

Before founding Crypto Quantique, Shahram worked as a self-employed cybersecurity consultant and security solutions architect at CyNation, a risk management company. Of his current role, he says, “After years working in the cybersecurity industry, I have seen how companies are continually choosing between expensive and complex security or highly scaled systems without meaningful protection. Recognizing the need for a holistic solution that is easy-to-use at scale yet delivers robust and reliable security for everything from connected cars to high-end consumer goods, I founded Crypto Quantique.” Shahram, who lives in London, holds an MSc in Information Security and a Ph.D. in Post-Quantum Cryptography, both from Royal Holloway, University of London.

Crypto Quantique is a London-based company with a scalable architecture for quickly and securely connecting IoT devices to the cloud. Their architecture has two complementary, but independent elements QDID, a hardware IP that generates random, unique, unforgeable identities and cryptographic keys on-demand in silicon, and QuarkLink, a universal IoT security platform for connecting devices to in-house or cloud servers.