Clifford Cocks

Quick Facts

Full Name	Clifford Cocks
Occupation	Mathematician
Date Of Birth	Dec 28, 1950(1950-12-28)
Age	74
Birthplace	Prestbury
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Capricorn

Clifford Cocks Biography

Clifford Cocks is one of the most popular and richest Mathematician who was born on December 28, 1950 in Prestbury, England, United Kingdom.

In 1968, Cocks won a silver medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad.

Cocks left Oxford to join Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG), an arm of GCHQ, in September 1973. Soon after, Cocks was told about James H. Ellis’ non-secret encryption by Nick Patterson, an idea which had been published in 1969 but never successfully implemented. Several people had attempted creating the required one-way functions, but Cocks, with his background in number theory, decided to use prime factorization, and did not even write it down at the time.

Clifford Cocks Net Worth

Clifford Cocks is one of the richest Mathematician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Clifford Cocks 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Clifford Christopher Cocks CB FRS (born 28 December 1950) is a British mathematician and cryptographer. In 1973, while working at the United Kingdom Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), he invented a public key cryptography algorithm equivalent to what would become (in 1978) the RSA algorithm.

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In 2001, Cocks developed one of the first secure identity-based encryption (IBE) schemes, based on assumptions about quadratic residues in composite groups. The Cocks IBE scheme is not widely used in practice due to its high degree of ciphertext expansion. However, it is currently one of the few IBE schemes which do not use bilinear pairings, and rely for security on more well-studied mathematical problems.

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Ferry Ranked on the list of most popular Mathematician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Clifford Cocks celebrates birthday on December 28 of every year.

In 2010, he, James Ellis and Malcolm Williamson were honoured by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for their part in public-key cryptography.

Top Facts about Clifford Cocks

1. Clifford Cocks is a British mathematician and cryptographer.
2. He worked for the UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).
3. In 1973, he invented the first public key cryptography system.
4. His invention was classified until 1997 due to national security concerns.
5. Cocks’ work paved the way for modern encryption methods.
6. He received little recognition until his work was declassified.
7. Cocks retired from GCHQ in 2007 after over 40 years of service.
8. He has been awarded several honors for his contributions to cryptography.
9. Cocks continues to be an advocate for privacy and encryption technology.
10. His legacy has had a significant impact on cybersecurity and digital privacy today.