Mission
nextAuth is on a mission to eliminate usernames and passwords; and do so in a highly secure and user-friendly way.
Wouldn’t it be great if your company’s users could just login with their mobile phone and a fingerprint? And at the same time boost the security of your company?
Background
nextAuth is a KU Leuven spin-off, coming from the world-renowned COmputer Security & Industrial Cryptography (COSIC) research group.
nextAuth is part of the b-hive community, which brings together financial services players, dynamic startups and government actors to co-create innovative technology solutions for the financial services industry.
nextAuth is backed by InvestLink, an independent investment firm from the three founders of SecureLink.
Management
Jens Hermans
CEO
Jens has an engineering degree from KU Leuven (Belgium). Later on he got his PhD in cryptography from the same university. He has experience as a board member in several companies and organizations, and he is a former member of university management.
Roel Peeters
CTO
Roel sets out the achitecture and oversees development activities. He is also responsible for the security validation of the nextAuth product range.
Roel has an engineering degree from KU Leuven (Belgium). Later on he got his PhD in applied cryptography from the same university. During his research, he spent six months at Aarhus University. Roel is a cryptography and blockchain specialist.
Bart Preneel
Chairman of the board
Bart received the Electrical Engineering degree and the Doctorate in Applied Sciences from KU Leuven (Belgium). He is currently full professor at the KU Leuven. At the IACR – International Association for Cryptologic Research, he was president from 2008 to 2013, currently he is one of the directors. Bart is also co-founder and chairman of LSEC – Leaders in Security.