Simon Rix
Senior Manager and FIPS Lab Manager at EWA-Canada, An Intertek Company- Claim this Profile
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Damon PENG
Simon was my manager for a few years in Irdeto. He was one of the most caring managers I have ever worked with. I was very impressed that he observed the values and the needs of all peers in his team and helped all to improve the career growths. As a security expert with deep insights on cryptography, Simon's knowledge and management experience will be a great asset.
Jaco du Plooy
I have worked with Simon in a variety of roles over the last 20+ years. Most recently he contributed to Irdeto's entry into new IOT markets such as Industrial IOT and Healthcare with his significant cryptography and system security background. Simon has built up a wealth of security expertiece in the Media and Fintech industries as well. He is able to connect with technical experts internally and externally, as was evident in the relationships he has built in the Industrial Internet Consortium over a span of 2 years. Simon has also lead highly technical crypto teams at Irdeto and as a business owner, and was able to help his staff navigate through difficult technical and team challenges. Simon will always put the well-being of his team first. It was a pleasure to work with Simon and I hope I get the opportunity to do so again in the future. He will be an asset to any organization that is looking for someone with exceptional security and cryptography experience!
Damon PENG
Simon was my manager for a few years in Irdeto. He was one of the most caring managers I have ever worked with. I was very impressed that he observed the values and the needs of all peers in his team and helped all to improve the career growths. As a security expert with deep insights on cryptography, Simon's knowledge and management experience will be a great asset.
Jaco du Plooy
I have worked with Simon in a variety of roles over the last 20+ years. Most recently he contributed to Irdeto's entry into new IOT markets such as Industrial IOT and Healthcare with his significant cryptography and system security background. Simon has built up a wealth of security expertiece in the Media and Fintech industries as well. He is able to connect with technical experts internally and externally, as was evident in the relationships he has built in the Industrial Internet Consortium over a span of 2 years. Simon has also lead highly technical crypto teams at Irdeto and as a business owner, and was able to help his staff navigate through difficult technical and team challenges. Simon will always put the well-being of his team first. It was a pleasure to work with Simon and I hope I get the opportunity to do so again in the future. He will be an asset to any organization that is looking for someone with exceptional security and cryptography experience!
Damon PENG
Simon was my manager for a few years in Irdeto. He was one of the most caring managers I have ever worked with. I was very impressed that he observed the values and the needs of all peers in his team and helped all to improve the career growths. As a security expert with deep insights on cryptography, Simon's knowledge and management experience will be a great asset.
Jaco du Plooy
I have worked with Simon in a variety of roles over the last 20+ years. Most recently he contributed to Irdeto's entry into new IOT markets such as Industrial IOT and Healthcare with his significant cryptography and system security background. Simon has built up a wealth of security expertiece in the Media and Fintech industries as well. He is able to connect with technical experts internally and externally, as was evident in the relationships he has built in the Industrial Internet Consortium over a span of 2 years. Simon has also lead highly technical crypto teams at Irdeto and as a business owner, and was able to help his staff navigate through difficult technical and team challenges. Simon will always put the well-being of his team first. It was a pleasure to work with Simon and I hope I get the opportunity to do so again in the future. He will be an asset to any organization that is looking for someone with exceptional security and cryptography experience!
Damon PENG
Simon was my manager for a few years in Irdeto. He was one of the most caring managers I have ever worked with. I was very impressed that he observed the values and the needs of all peers in his team and helped all to improve the career growths. As a security expert with deep insights on cryptography, Simon's knowledge and management experience will be a great asset.
Jaco du Plooy
I have worked with Simon in a variety of roles over the last 20+ years. Most recently he contributed to Irdeto's entry into new IOT markets such as Industrial IOT and Healthcare with his significant cryptography and system security background. Simon has built up a wealth of security expertiece in the Media and Fintech industries as well. He is able to connect with technical experts internally and externally, as was evident in the relationships he has built in the Industrial Internet Consortium over a span of 2 years. Simon has also lead highly technical crypto teams at Irdeto and as a business owner, and was able to help his staff navigate through difficult technical and team challenges. Simon will always put the well-being of his team first. It was a pleasure to work with Simon and I hope I get the opportunity to do so again in the future. He will be an asset to any organization that is looking for someone with exceptional security and cryptography experience!
Experience
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EWA-Canada, An Intertek Company
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Canada
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Computer and Network Security
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Manager and FIPS Lab Manager
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Aug 2021 - Present
Consulting vendors on how to achieve CMVP certification for the products. Specialist in hardware cryptographic modules and their entropy sources. Consulting vendors on how to achieve CMVP certification for the products. Specialist in hardware cryptographic modules and their entropy sources.
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Irdeto
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Netherlands
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Product Security Strategist and Security Expert
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Oct 2019 - Mar 2021
Product Security and Product Development. Assisted Selectron AG with Threat Risk Analysis and Security Concepts for new flagship products to ensure they adhere to IEC 62443 standards. Represented Irdeto at the Industrial Internet Consortium and co-authored white papers on Software Trustworthiness and Data Protection best practices as well as Digital Twins for Industrial Applications. Architecture for a Secured IIoT Connected Additive Manufacturing Solution. Conceived and architected many ways of binding Software Protection and Whitebox technology to hardware roots of trust Show less
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Senior Technical Manager
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Feb 2016 - Feb 2019
Managed a team of 20 developers and engineers. I oversaw the team’s work on Smartcard less conditional access core technology releases, as well as Software protection core technology including Whitebox cryptography and DevOps. Managed a team of 20 developers and engineers. I oversaw the team’s work on Smartcard less conditional access core technology releases, as well as Software protection core technology including Whitebox cryptography and DevOps.
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LAWtrust
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South Africa
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Computer and Network Security
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1 - 100 Employee
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Business Solution Architect and Developer
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Sep 2013 - Nov 2015
Business Solution Architecture and implementations Signature and Session Key establishment schemes in Java Card. Developed symmetric cryptography confidential channel protocols with secrecy and authenticity properties for securing XML documents. The private keys used have been stored in PFX files, the Java Cards I have designed and in HSMs (with PKCS11 API). Business Solution Architecture and implementations Signature and Session Key establishment schemes in Java Card. Developed symmetric cryptography confidential channel protocols with secrecy and authenticity properties for securing XML documents. The private keys used have been stored in PFX files, the Java Cards I have designed and in HSMs (with PKCS11 API).
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Owner, Managing Director and Principle Architect
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Feb 1998 - Oct 2015
CypheRix (Pty) Ltd specialized in cryptographic systems engineering and the implementation of designs in the fields of Pay TV, Media Content protection, cryptographic auditing and the design and development of electronic evidence enrollment technology. I have managed medium sized security development projects typically of Smart Cards and ASICs. Typically I was involved in the architecture of the device and its place in the system, wrote design and test specifications and the managed the development process. I was also responsible for all aspects of contractual and HR issues Show less
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Development Manager Encryption Technology
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Jul 1986 - Jan 1998
A dedicated designer and design manager for more than 12 years. I was very active in system design and I designed the original CA Architectures. Some of the patients generated during this time have formed fundamental elements of the security of the Irdeto Conditional Access technology. During my time at M-Net then Irdeto I implemented a large number of custom integrated circuit designs. I have tens of millions Integrated Circuits of my design in the Pay TV market place from companies as diverse as Texas Instruments, Samsung, NEC and Fujitsu Show less
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Education
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1979 - 1982
Technikon Witwatersrand
Diploma in Broadcast Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
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