Andrew Stern, Ph.D.

Founder & CEO @ReviveBackup | @activatefellows Alum | PhD in Zero-Trust Cyber & Supply Chain Security

[Andrew Stern, Ph.D. @SternPhD]

I'm excited to finally announce that we've joined the @DeRecAlliance alongside: @Ripple, @xrplabs, @swirldslabs, @AlgoFoundation, @acoerco, @BANKSOCIALio, @BladeLabs_, @thebldgblocks, @Casper_Network, @Conste11ation, @The_Hashgraph and @HBAR_foundation! Let's fix recovery!

[Revive Labs @ReviveBackup]

We are excited to announce that we have joined the Decentralized Recovery (#DeRec) Alliance! This collaborative effort will drive an #OpenSource, industry-standard for secure, interoperable, and decentralized credential recovery! To learn more visit: https://t.co/MMvE9SoBDT

[Leemon Baird @leemonbaird]

Welcome to the @DeRecAlliance!

It's so great to see the #web3 industry working together to give users the decentralized recovery safety net that they need - accelerating the global adoption of #DLT.

[Andrew Stern, Ph.D. @SternPhD]

Amazing to see CISA taking on hardware! Congrats to all the amazing contributors to this framework.

[Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency @CISAgov]

Is your organization constructing a Hardware Bill of Materials (HBOM)? Here’s a suggestion: check out our new resource to help purchasers at various stages of the supply chain. https://t.co/Db6smEhAmx

#supplychains #RiskManagement #HBOM

[Andrew Stern, Ph.D. @SternPhD]

It's insane that anyone with your phone and 4 digit PIN can lock you out of all of your accounts, photos, etc. We desperately need to fix the fallback recovery options with our identity tech.

[Joanna Stern @JoannaStern]

I absolutely cannot believe Apple is marketing this as a feature after @nicnguyen and I have done multiple @WSJ stories and videos about how this very feature is being used by iPhone thieves across the country to permanently lock victims out of their Apple accounts. This feature needs to be changed. Not marketed.

[Andrew Stern, Ph.D. @SternPhD]

It was an honor to be on the @IDACPodcast to chat about some cryptography basics! If you haven't listened to their podcast and you work in Identity/IAM you have to check it out 😁

[The Identity at the Center Podcast @IDACPodcast]

🚨New episode alert!🚨 @SternPHD, Founder & CEO @ReviveBackup, joined us to discuss Cryptography 101 for Identity Practitioners. Learn about encryption, security, hashing, certificates, and more. Tune in now at https://t.co/DZ7BEQIkTL or in your podcast app.
#iam #podcast #idac

[Andrew Stern, Ph.D. @SternPhD]

@tomerlondon @immad It's a huge problem, and only compounds when you account for degrading ability and mental state (like Alzheimer's). Seems like a ripe place for innovation especially when paired with the right hardware.

[Andrew Stern, Ph.D. @SternPhD]

@LearnMoreWithC4 Thanks for hosting this! I wanted to ask about the possibility of a break 1, break all scenario within the Onfido verification partnership. It seems like the sharded seeds would be encrypted with a value held by Onfido. If compromised, could they expose all enrolled user keys?

[Andrew Stern, Ph.D. @SternPhD]

@vipulsaini594 Glad laser fault injection is getting some attention. It gets scarier when you can read out data with lasers/electromagnetic/power side channels. For most security-focused processors over 45nm, this is a serious problem.

[Andrew Stern, Ph.D. @SternPhD]

@JiriSvejda1 @JasonPLowery US Space Force

[Andrew Stern, Ph.D. @SternPhD]

Great talk by @JasonPLowery at the MIT #BitcoinExpo on the strategic importance of defending cyberspace!

[Andrew Stern, Ph.D. @SternPhD]

If you care about financial inclusion, security, blockchain, or human rights in a digital world, please go back and watch the keynote from @neha from the MIT #BitcoinExpo
https://t.co/VC5JWHbBcj

[Andrew Stern, Ph.D. @SternPhD]

@parker_mckee They're combining GPT with the Microsoft Graph (all user/corporate held information). They "ground" the data that GPT spits out to corporate documents, but first identify which documents the specific user has access to to ensure no data is leaked (assuming IT set it up properly).

[Andrew Stern, Ph.D. @SternPhD]

Congrats to the FICS team! A huge problem to tackle, desperately in need of solutions.

[Activate @activatefellows]

We’re delighted to announce the launch of the newest Activate community in Houston! By promoting the advancement of early-stage science entrepreneurs, we look forward to accelerating Houston's role as the world’s clean energy transition capital. Read on: https://t.co/jYAP5q84Od

[WalletCon @WalletCon_]

"The fact that we used to tell our parents 'don’t write your passwords on a piece of paper,' and now web3 comes along and we’re like 'yeah, just write down your seed phrase.' That’s just bad UX." 🤔

-@inks, CMO of @AmbireWallet, on the Side Stage at #WalletCon2023

[Andrew Stern, Ph.D. @SternPhD]

If anyone ever wondered why we currently require biometrics for @GetWUVU use: https://t.co/YlegtgA8Va

[Andrew Stern, Ph.D. @SternPhD]

Got excited to hear from my fellow crypto companies on @chain_reaction from last year's Startup Battlefield, but it seems like none of us (including @coremeleon) were included 😭: https://t.co/EBnzggb1e5

[Andrew Stern, Ph.D. @SternPhD]

@0xsamgreen It's interesting when PEMDAS is an advanced topic for it... Also, can't wait to get my hands on the Bing chat preview!

[Andrew Stern, Ph.D. @SternPhD]

(4/4) Having just witnessed the impact of offshoring semiconductor manufacturing and the Herculean effort required to bring a decent amount of it back, the US should formally encourage crypto and blockchain development here at home.

[Andrew Stern, Ph.D. @SternPhD]

(1/4) This is a great primer on some of the ways that crypto can impact US competitiveness and national security @faryarshirzad from @coinbase.

[Faryar Shirzad 🛡️ @faryarshirzad]

12/ This week I published a paper through the @coinbase Institute that lays out the national security case for crypto in some detail. The issues are complex, so I welcome your thoughts on it: https://t.co/XAuczmUoPm

[Andrew Stern, Ph.D. @SternPhD]

(3/4) It's humbling to see the rate of innovation globally, and as a nation we need to move forward to not fall behind.