cryptographer
noun
cryp·tog·ra·pher
krip-ˈtä-grə-fər 
: a specialist in cryptography: such as
a
: a clerk who enciphers and deciphers messages
b
: one who devises cryptographic methods or systems
c
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For cryptographers, who need to race ahead of quantum computers, the uncertainty is concerning.
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Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
But as cryptographers laid the mathematical foundations for this approach to information security in the 1980s, a few researchers discovered that computational hardness wasn’t the only way to safeguard secrets.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 3 June 2024
As career paths like space tourism, quantum software development, and genetic editing gain prominence, the demand for roles such as biostatisticians, quantum cryptographers, even space habitat designers will also increase.
—Essence, 21 May 2024
The researchers, cryptographers and developers from around the world must all work toward the same goal: producing encryption methods that stand up to the challenges posed by quantum computers.
—Matthias Pfau, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
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Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
But as cryptographers laid the mathematical foundations for this approach to information security in the 1980s, a few researchers discovered that computational hardness wasn’t the only way to safeguard secrets.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 3 June 2024
As career paths like space tourism, quantum software development, and genetic editing gain prominence, the demand for roles such as biostatisticians, quantum cryptographers, even space habitat designers will also increase.
—Essence, 21 May 2024
The researchers, cryptographers and developers from around the world must all work toward the same goal: producing encryption methods that stand up to the challenges posed by quantum computers.
—Matthias Pfau, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Cryptographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptographer. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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