Daniel Apon
Director of Cryptography at Anduril Industries
About
Daniel Apon is the Director of Cryptography at Anduril Industries. He previously was a Lead Cryptographer at the MITRE Corporation, working on advancing the broader industry's efforts in Post-Quantum Cryptography migration. Prior to that, he was a Cryptographer on the NIST PQC team during its PQC standardization process, where he was NIST's subject matter expert in lattice-based cryptography; see ML-KEM and ML-DSA.
Experience
Director of Cryptography
Anduril Industries
Oct 2026 – Present
Daniel Apon is the Director of Cryptography at Anduril Industries. He previously was a Lead Cryptographer at the MITRE Corporation, working on advancing the broader industry's efforts in Post-Quantum Cryptography migration. Prior to that, he was a Cryptographer on the NIST PQC team during its PQC standardization process, where he was NIST's subject matter expert in lattice-based cryptography; see ML-KEM and ML-DSA.
Independent
Oct 2026 – Present
Daniel Apon is the Director of Cryptography at Anduril Industries. He previously was a Lead Cryptographer at the MITRE Corporation, working on advancing the broader industry's efforts in Post-Quantum Cryptography migration. Prior to that, he was a Cryptographer on the NIST PQC team during its PQC standardization process, where he was NIST's subject matter expert in lattice-based cryptography; see ML-KEM and ML-DSA.
