Raoul Strackx — Engineering Manager
Raoul earned a PhD on confidential computing in 2014 when the topic was still called "Protected Module Architectures". He has made significant contributions to the field. His ideas on hardware- and hypervisor-based security architectures have helped shape commercially available confidential computing platforms. Other major contributions were in the field of state continuity, formal verification and side-channel attacks and defenses. He authored the first Foreshadow attack PoC against Intel SGX. The attack received world-wide media coverage. Currently, he is a senior software engineer at Fortanix where he helps make EDP to be the most secure and easiest to use enclave development platform for various confidential computing platforms.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in confidential computing and security architecture.
Location: Leuven, Flemish Region, Belgium
Experience: 15 yrs 6 mos
Career Highlights
- PhD in confidential computing with significant contributions.
- Authored the first Foreshadow attack PoC against Intel SGX.
- Currently enhancing secure enclave development platforms.
Work Experience
Fortanix
Engineering Manager, Research (2 yrs 4 mos)
Senior Engineer (4 yrs)
Intel
Security Researcher (3 mos)
KU Leuven
Postdoctoral Researcher (4 yrs 10 mos)
PhD student (4 yrs 3 mos)
Education
Master's degree at KU Leuven
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at KU Leuven
Bachelor's degree at UHasselt