About
Itan Barmes is Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at QIZ Security, where the company is developing a platform for end-to-end cryptographic management covering policy, controls, automated discovery, risk-based roadmaps, and execution. He has spent approximately six years working with global organizations on cryptography management and focuses on the post-quantum transition, including efforts to involve security leaders, architects, and risk teams beyond cryptography specialists.
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Ben VolkowFounder
Experience
- QIZ SecurityChief Strategy Officer (CSO)current2025 — presentNorth Holland, Netherlands
- DeloitteSpecialist Leader2022 — 2025Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- DeloitteQuantum security specialist2021 — 2022Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- DeloitteManager cryptography services2020 — 2022Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- DeloitteJunior Manager2019 — 2020Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
- World Economic ForumProject Fellow2021 — 2023Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- Betaalvereniging Nederland (Dutch Payments Association)Information Security Consultant2017 — 2018Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
- UL Transaction SecurityTechnical Consultant - transaction security2015 — 2016Nederland
- Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDoctoral Researcher2010 — 2015VU university Amsterdam
Skills & more
Cybersecurity3Photonics9Spectroscopy8Laser Physics6Ultrafast Spectroscopy3ISTQB Certified1Cryptography4Information Security2Financial TechnologyEncryption1Consulting1Security
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Quantum ComputingQuantum InformationPublic Key CryptographyEMVLanguages English · Hebrew · Nederlands
- edX Verified Certificate for Fundamentals of Quantum Information — edX
- Introduction to Quantum Computing — LinkedIn Learning ⋅ Course Certificate
- EC-Council Certified Encryption Specialist (ECES) — EC-Council
- Venafi Security Administrator — Venafi, a CyberArk Company
- AWS security best practices — Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- ISTQB — UL Transaction Security
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Itan Barmes?
- Itan Barmes is Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at QIZ Security, where the company is developing a platform for end-to-end cryptographic management covering policy, controls, automated discovery, risk-based roadmaps, and execution. He has spent approximately six years working with global organizations on cryptography management and focuses on the post-quantum transition, including efforts to involve security leaders, architects, and risk teams beyond cryptography specialists.
- Where does Itan Barmes work?
- Itan Barmes is Founder of Qizsecurity.
- What companies did Itan Barmes found?
- Itan Barmes founded Qizsecurity.
- Where did Itan Barmes go to school?
- Itan Barmes studied at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) (Master of Science (M.Sc.), Physics); Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) (Bachelor of Science (BSc), Physics and astronomy (Astronomy and astrophysics)).
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