In Cybersecurity, Where Would You Find Dumbo, Jumbo and a Pink Elephant?

Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
6 min readApr 25, 2021

Well, you will find these names as part of the method of light-weight encryption method known as Elephant, and which is one of the final contenders for a NIST competition [here]. Whichever method wins the competition will probably become a standard on billions of devices.

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE

Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.