Franck Courbon

Post-Gemalto Security Labs and post-University of Cambridge Postdocs/Fellowship, Franck launched Ethicronics in 2022 to address the need of compromised and counterfeit free hardware.

Ethicronics provides a B2B solution ensuring authentic and secure hardware segment and product agnostic. Backed by NCSC for Startups, InnovateUK, Defence and Security Accelerator, Thales UK and Cambridge Judge Business School, Ethicronics is building a brighter future through scalable software solutions

🌟Believe that software technologies can solve many electronics problems (cybersecurity, privacy, sustainability...)
🌟3.5years at Gemalto Security Labs (Marseille Area), 7years Postdoc/Fellow/Project Lead at the University of Cambridge, 2.5 years as CEO Ethicronics (Cambridge)
🌟3 Masters (for now) but only 1 PhD. (Mines St-Etienne) and 1 Fellowship (University ofCambridge, Leverhulme/Isaac Newton Trust), Clare Hall & Churchill Life member, current Lucy Cavendish By-Fellow
🌟Hardware security expert (reverse engineering, fault attacks, firmware extraction, supply-chain security...).
🌟Top journals/venues publications, 100% publication rate, multiple technical program committees member
🌟Obtained significant grant funding with world leading partners (~£1M with Ethicronics)
🌟Entrepreneur eco-system support (Judge Business School) Panel, lecture, mentorships, advising...) and Engineering/Computer Science Supervisor (several years, several University of Cambridge Colleges)
🌟Various volunteering/outreach activities (FormTheFuture CIC Ambasssador, Paris2024)

🚀Leading secure software solutions at the heart of Cambridge, UK
Starting with #HardwareAssurance