A LinkedIn post from Ligero highlights that Prof. Nigel Smart, an advisor to the company, has received the RSAC 2026 Award for Excellence in the Field of Mathematics. The post emphasizes his contributions to pairing-based cryptography, secure multi-party computation and fully homomorphic encryption, which underpin many modern cryptographic systems.
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The post suggests that Smart’s expertise is closely aligned with Ligero’s focus on building privacy-preserving infrastructure for next-generation applications. For investors, this external recognition of a key advisor may reinforce confidence in the company’s technical direction and could support Ligero’s positioning in advanced cryptography and privacy-focused solutions within the broader cybersecurity and Web3 ecosystems.