New for 2024, this optional special-focus event will help you prepare now for the threat posed by future quantum computers. These talks include important, actionable information for anyone concerned with cybersecurity in a data-dependent enterprise. Presented September 17, the day before ICMC. Click here for the ICMC agenda.
PQ Cyber Day Sessions
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PQ Cyber Day (Q00) Current Threat, New Standards |
Moderator: David Schwaderer, CEO, ShapeShift Ciphers, United States |
09:00 PQC: Preparing for the Risks Ahead (Q00a) Blair Canavan, Director Alliances – PQC Portfolio, Thales, Canada
09:30 Quantum Resilience: Fortifying Cyber Security for the Next Computing Revolution (Q00b) Malek Ben Salem, Managing Director, Emerging Tech Security, Accenture, United States
10:00 The First NIST PQC Standards (Enterprise Edition) (Q00c) John Kelsey, Computer Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and COSIC/KU Leuven, United States; Lily Chen, Mathematician, NIST Fellow, United States
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PQ Cyber Day (Q01) Overview, Mechanisms for Transitioning |
Moderator: Ryan Perry, Account Executive, TIC, UL Solutions, Netherlands |
11:00 Post-Quantum Cryptography: A Primer for C-Suite (Q01a) Leader: Manoj Kumar, Program Director, Secure Systems, IBM Research, United States, Jai Arun, Head of IBM Quantum Safe Product Management & Strategy, IBM; Basil Hess, Senior Research Engineer, IBM Research, Switerland; Joefon Jann, Distinguished Engineer, POWER Systems-Sw, Hybrid Cloud Research Lead Research, IBM [60 MIN]
12:00 Certificate Mechanisms for Transitioning to Post-Quantum Cryptography (Q01c) John Gray, Senior Principal Software Applications Developer, Entrust, Canada
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PQ Cyber Day (Q02) Industry Readiness Efforts |
Moderator: Neil Horman, Software Engineer, OpenSSL Software Services, United States |
13:30 PQC Migration Efforts by Industry (Q02a) Moses Liskov, Capability Area Lead for Cryptography, MITRE, United States
14:00 Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance Overview (Q02b) Hart Montgomery, CTO, Hyperledger, The LINUX Foundation, United States; Dr. Michael “Max” Maximilien, Technical Oversight Committee Chairman, Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance, and Distinguished Engineer, IBM, United States
14:30 Lessons Learned from NIST NCCOE PQC Migration Risk Management and Prioritization Workstream (Q02c) Evgeny Gervis, CEO, SafeLogic, United States
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PQ Cyber Day (Q03) Best Practices, Real World Experience |
Moderator: Stephan Mueller, Principal Consultant, atsec information security corp, United States |
15:30 Protecting Digital Assets in the Post-Quantum World (Q03a) Sandeep Batta, Lead Solutions Architect, IBM, United States
16:00 Preparing Industries for the Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography (Q03b) Olivier Van Nieuwenhuyze, Vice Chair and Security Task Force Chair, GlobalPlatform, United Kingdom
16:30 The Quantum Buffer (Q03c) Purushottam Kulkarni, Software Engineer Staff, Juniper Networks, United States