How Belgium and a Rainy Doll Secured The World

We live in a world which is driven by standards, but who is the one that actually defines the standard? The NSA? No! Governments of the world? No!! The EU? No!!! The IEEE? Yes. Maybe! The IETF? Yes. Maybe!

Well, NIST is one of the most trusted standards agencies in the world, and they had a dream which would build a more security (and more compatible) world. So around the turn of the…