Vincent Moscaritolo

Vincent Moscaritolo
American Computer Security Expert
Occupation	Distinguished Member of Technical Staff of Silent Circle^[1]
Known for	Cryptographic engineering and Internet security

Vincent Moscaritolo is an American computer security expert and is one of the founders and the designer of the messaging technologies used by Silent Circle.^[2]^[3] He is currently the Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Silent Circle. Vincent has been involved in the design, invention, and production of system software and network applications for more than 30 years. In addition to producing cryptographic products, his concern about the use of encryption technology by criminal and terrorist actors has compelled him to offer assistance and training to both law enforcement and the intelligence community on cryptographic issues. He has participated at specialized venues such as FBI's Information Technology Study Group, Drug Enforcement Administration's Office of Investigative Technology, InfraGard, and the Cloud Security Alliance.

Career

Vincent Moscaritolo's experience includes roles as Principal Cryptographic Engineer for PGP Corporation, Senior Operating System engineer for Apple Computer, and Principal Software Specialist at Digital Equipment Corporation.

While at PGP, he focused on the engineering of cryptographic products on the OS X platform including the cross platform core crypto library, secure file deletion, virtual disk client, network kernel engine redirection module. He was also responsible for obtaining and maintaining NIST FIPS-140 validation for PGP cryptographic core.

At Apple, he was notable for founding the Mac-Crypto Conference, where key Mac developers, industry leaders and legends met to discuss topics ranging from Cryptosystems, Digital Cash and Security issues to feedback sessions where developers were able to directly discuss their requirements with Apple engineers.^[4]

In the mid 1980s he founded a startup called DataVox which produced BankTalk, one of the first voice response systems for the financial marketplace. This included a user-tailorable audio menu system that provided general information, balance, account transactions and was able to communicate with bank mainframes over the existing ATM network.

Works

Most recently, Moscaritolo designed the Silent Circle Instant Messaging Protocol (SCIMP),^[5] which utilizes a new Progressive Encryption Technology.^[6]

Other cryptographic projects include the development of a public key authentication extension for file servers,^[7] authoring of IETF draft for a secure authorization protocol for distributed systems,^[8] development of code and technotes for PGP cryptographic toolkit, and a number of presentations and tutorials on modern cryptosystems and security.^[9]^[10]

He holds patents related to cryptographic techniques and designs.^[11]

Quotes

"If we can just pass a few more laws, we could all be criminals!"

Personal life

As an avid outdoorsman, Vincent usually spends his weekends hiking or snowshoeing in the deep woods of Southern Oregon with his daughter and son. He is currently involved with the Boy Scouts of America and has a background on a variety of fields, including motorcycle racing, a number of martial arts, and combat first aid.

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