Michel Kinasz · Ottawa, Canada · Security-cleared · Application security specialist with extensive experience in applied cryptography, embedded platforms, mobile payments, certification support, and AI security architecture · Schedule a consultation
AI Security Architecture
Threat models, trust boundaries, data controls, logging, and deployment patterns for AI and LLM systems that connect to sensitive business workflows.
Cryptography & Post-Quantum
OpenSSL, MbedTLS, WolfSSL, PKI/X.509, key management, FIPS 140-3 and Common Criteria support, and practical planning for post-quantum migration.
Payments & Embedded Security
PCI-MPoC payment acceptance, CBDC wallet security, mobile threat defense, embedded Linux hardening, ASLR, secure boot, EMV, PKI, and certification-oriented design.
Selected Engagements
Ciena — Modernizing router cryptography and TLS foundations; OpenSSL 3.5 migration, ASLR hardening, FIPS 140-3 and Common Criteria support
Bank of Canada — Architected CBDC mobile security principles; implemented a non-custodial wallet proof of concept and contributed to threat modeling
Amadis — Architected mobile payment acceptance security, mobile threat defense, white-box cryptography, and PCI-MPoC certification evidence
Irdeto — Application protection, white-box cryptography, hardened X.509/PKI validation, HSM-backed key management, and Linux Security Module work