Presented April 7, the day before ICMC. This optional special-focus event will help you prepare now for the threat posed by future quantum computers. The agenda includes important, actionable information for anyone concerned with cybersecurity in a data-dependent enterprise.
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Conference Sessions
Foyer
Grand Ballroom
Moderator: Erin Connor, Consultant, Program Director, ICMC
09:00 Welcome Address and CMUF Update (P10a) Yi Mao, CEO and Managing Director, atsec information security corp, United States
09:10 Government Keynote: NSA View on PQC Transition (P10b) Adrian Stanger, CSD Senior Cryptographic Authority, National Security Agency (NSA), United States
09:40 Industry Keynote: Timeline for PQC Adoption (P10c) Matthew Campagna, Chairman of ETSI Quantum-safe Cryptography Technical Committee, Sr Principal Engineer, Amazon Web Services (AWS), United States
Foyer
Grand Ballroom
Moderator: Yi Mao, CEO and Managing Director, atsec information security corp, United States
11:00 CMVP Program Update (P11a) Alex Ca|is, CMVP Deputy Program Manager (US), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States; Kailai Chen, CMVP Program Manager (Canada), Canadian Centre for CyberSecurity (CCCS) CMVP, Canada; David Hawes, CMVP Program Manager, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States [60MIN]
Foyer
Updates, Verification & Validation
Moderator: Roberta Faux, Head of Cryptography and Field CTO, Arqit, United States
13:00 Titbits: Latest Updates on PQC Deployments (Q12a) Nils Gerhardt, CTO, Utimaco, Germany
13:30 PQSecure Formality: Formal Verification and Assurance in Hardware for Post-Quantum Cryptography (Q12b) Reza Azarderakhsh, Professor and CEO, PQSecure and Florida Atlantic University, United States
14:00 Overview of Validating Falcon (FIPS 206 FN-DSA) (Q12c) Pierre Ciadoux, NIST Foreign Guest Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States
14:30 The Big Picture of Lattice Signature Thresholdization (Q12d) Thomas Espitau, Lead Crpytographic Researcher, PQShield, France
Standards & Policy
Moderator: Fiona Stewart, Security Assurance Consultant, Assurgo, United States
13:00 Mind the Gap: Navigating the Gray Areas of 19790:2025 (C12a) Carolyn French, Manager – Product Assurance and Standards, Canadian Centre for CyberSecurity (CCCS), Canada
13:30 The Technical Guideline BSI-TR 02102 (Cryptographic Mechanisms: Recommendations and Key Lengths) and Its Impact (C12b) Werner Schindler, Section Head, Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI), Germany
16:30 NIAP Policy 5 Updates (C12c) Jade Stewart, NIAP Portfolio Manager, National Security Agency (NSA), United States
14:30 Cloud Management and Security Standards for Financial Services (C12d) Smita Mahapatra, Senior Security Industry Specialist, AWS, United States
Formalities
Moderator: TBA
13:00 Formal Methods within Certification Programs: Status Update (G12a) Nicky Mouha, Researcher, FedWriters, United States
13:30 Ensuring Correctness and Security in High-Speed Post-Quantum Cryptography: Leveraging Formal Verification Tools (G12b) Pierre-Yves Strub, Lead Formal Verification Researcher, PQShield, France
14:00 TLS 1.3 Key Sniffing Using Scapy: Challenges, Methodologies, and Security Implications (G12c) Katyayini Jha, Software Developer, Acumen Security, India
14:30 Secure HSM Auditing at a Distance: Enabling Remote Oversight (G12d) Jean-Pierre Fiset, Principal System Architect, Crypto4A , Canada
Foyer
PQ & Financial Services
Moderator: TBA
13:00 Panel Discussion: X9 Standard Quantum TLS (Q13a) Leader: Philip Lafrance, Standards Manager, ISARA Corporation, Canada ; Anthony Hu, Senior Software Developer, wolfSSL, Canada; David Hook, VP Software Engineering, Keyfactor/Legion of the Bouncy Castle, Australia [60MIN]
14:00 Payment Processing in the Post-Quantum World (Q13c) Manish Upasani, Head of Products, Utimaco, United States
ACMVP
Moderator: Jade Stewart, NIAP Portfolio Manager, National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP), United States
13:00 ACMVP Project Update Panel (C13a) Leader: Courtney Matta, Senior Customer Solutions Manager, AWS, United States; Panelist: Christopher Celi, Computer Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States; Stephan Mueller, Principal Consultant, atsec information security, United States; Raoul Gabiam, Principal Cloud and Cybersecurity Engineer, MITRE, United States; Barry Fussell, Principal Engineer, Cisco Systems, United States; Yi Mao, CEO and Managing Director, atsec information security corp, United States [60MIN]
14:00 Integration of the ACVMP Within the CMVP (C13c) Christopher Celi, Computer Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States
Automation & Priorities
Moderator: Joshua Brickman, Senior Director, Security Evaluations, Oracle, United States
15:30 ACVTS for Global Adoption: Setting Up a Scheme-Specific ACVP Server (G13a) Joachim Vandersmissen, IT Security Consultant, atsec information security corp., United States
16:00 NIST Special Publication 800-140BR1 Security Policy Format (G13b) Chris Brych, Senior Principal Security Analyst, Oracle, Canada; Greg Burlea, IT Security Consultant, atsec information security corp., United States
16:30 A Contrarian’s View of Priorities in the PQC Transition (G13c) Bruno Couillard, CEO & Co-founder, Crypto4A Technologies, Canada
Located in the Crush Space. A free event for conference registrants. During the ICMC opening reception, FIPS-certified product developers will have the opportunity to receive a commemorative certificate from NIST and receive of photograph of the presentation. Click here for complete information.
Conference Sessions
Foyer
Standardization, Mitigation & Integration
Moderator: Tomas Mraz, OpenSSL Software Foundation, Czechia
09:00 The Use of Standardized Cryptography to Protect From the Quantum Threat (Q20a) Jonathan Hammell, Senior Technical Advisor, Cryptographic Security, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Canada
09:30 Migrating Secure Channel Protocols to Post-Quantum Standards: A Case Study on eSIMs (Q20b) Emmanuelle Dottax, Cryptography and Security Architect, IDEMIA ST, France
10:00 Integrating Open-Source FIPS-Validated PQ Cryptography (Q20c) Daryl Martin, Sr. SDM, Amazon Web Services, Canada
CMVP & Automation
Moderator: Nithya Rachamadugu, VP Cybersecurity Certification, DEKRA, United States
09:00 TBA (C20a) Speaker TBA
09:30 Cloud Infrastructure: Enabling the CMVP Automation Project (C20b) Douglas Boldt, US Federal SA, Amazon Web Services, United States; Raoul Gabiam, Principal Cloud and Cybersecurity Engineer, MITRE, United States; Murugiah Souppaya, Computer Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States
10:00 Automating the CMVP: The Present and Future of SP 800-140B Revision 1 and Webcryptik (C20c) James Dean, Deputy Lab Manager, UL Solutions, United States
Selected Topics
Moderator: Dr. Seth Nielson, Founder and Chief Scientist, Crimson Vista, United States
09:00 Real or Fake? Content Provenance Tech to Fight Online Disinformation (G20a) Christian Paquin, Principal Research Software Engineer, Microsoft, United States
09:30 Harnessing Fully Homomorphic Encryption for Enhanced Security in Smart Cards (G20b) Prasiddhi Tembulkar, Security Engineer, Acumen Security, India; Aniket Ingle, Security Engineer II, Intertek Acumen Security, India
10:00 From Crypto-Agility to Key-Management Agility to API Agility: The Concept of Agility in Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (G20c) John O’Connor, Vice President of Product Management, Crypto4A Technologies, Canada
Foyer
Putting it into Practice
Moderator: Dr. Seth Nielson, Founder and Chief Scientist, Crimson Vista, United States
11:00 Real-World Experience with PQC Migration (Q21a) Olivier Couillard, Technical Product Manager, Crypto4A Technologies, Canada
11:30 Lessons Learned While Deploying FIPS-Validated PQC at AWS (Q21b) Brian Jarvis, Software Development Manager, Amazon Web Services, United States
12:00 Implementing Production-Grade ML-KEM (Q21c) Alexander Zaslavsky, Lead SW Eng, SafeLogic, Spain
Selected Topics
Moderator: Yi Mao, CEO and Managing Director, atsec information security corp, United States
11:00 SBOMs with CBOMs (C21a) Jade Stewart, NIAP Portfolio Manager, National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP), United States
11:30 Entropy Validation Certificate Public Use Document Template Updates (C21b) Kirill Sinitski, Common Criteria Certifier and ESV reviewer, Canadian Centre for CyberSecurity (CCCS) and ESV, Canada
12:00 Fast-Tracking Software Validations (C21c) Simo Sorce, Distinguished Engineer, Red Hat, United State; Alessandro Fazio, atsec information security corporation, Italy
Integration & Readiness
Moderator: TBA
11:00 PQC for Payments: What’s in Store for 2025 and Beyond (R21a) Adam Cason, VP, Global and Strategic Alliances, Futurex, United States
11:30 Panel Discussion: Quantum Readiness Now (R21b) Leader: Michele Mosca, CEO, evolutionQ, Canada [60MIN]
Foyer
Devil in the Details
Moderator: TBA
13:30 Witch Hunt! Demystifying the Black Magic of Parameter Selection for Lattices (Q22a) Thomas Espitau, Lead Cryptographic Researcher, PQShield, France
14:00 PQC and Key Blocks in Payment Security Standards (Q22b) Richard Kisley, Chief Engineer, IBM, United States
14:30 PQC Transition for Integrated Secure Elements (Q22c) Dr. Anass Sbai, Security certification and R&D engineer, Secure-IC, France
Updates & Use
Moderator: Joshua Brickman, Senior Director, Security Evaluations, Oracle, United States
13:30 Update on 90A Revision (N22a) John Kelsey, Computer Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and COSIC/KU Leuven, United States
14:00 Using Pre-Loaded Entropy as UDS for TCG DICE PQC Key Generation (N22b) Thomas Bowen, Storage Security Architect, Intel, United States
14:30 PQC in OpenSSL (N22c) Tomas Vavra, Engineering Manager, OpenSSL Corporation, United States
Hybrids & Discovery
Moderator: TBA
13:30 Using Hybrids to Be FIPS 140-3 and CNSA 2.0 Compliant (R22a) Anthony Hu, Senior Software Developer, wolfSSL, Canada
14:00 To Hybrid or Not to Hybrid… (R22b) John Gray, Senior Principal Applications Developer, Entrust, Canada
14:30 Stepped Approach in PQM and Lessons Learned From NCCoE and NIST PQM WG (R22c) Alexander Löw, CEO, Data-Warehouse, Germany
Foyer
Side Channels & Signatures
Moderator: Tomas Mraz, OpenSSL Software Foundation, Czechia
15:30 Are Hybrid Signature and KEM Schemes FIPS-Compliant? (Q23a) Mike Ounsworth, Software Security Architect, Entrust, Canada
16:00 Enabling Pre-Silicon Side-Channel Testing of PQC Ciphers (Q23b) Panasayya Yalla, Principal Security Analyst, Keysight Riscure Security Solutions, United States
16:30 Post-Quantum Algorithms: Side-Channel Analysis (Q23c) Stephan Mueller, Principal Consultant, atsec information security corp., United States
Sources & Seeds
Moderator: Juan Gonzalez, Laboratory Director, Teron Labs, Australia
15:30 Information-Theoretic Conditioning/Post-Processing in SP 800-90B and AIS 20/31 (N23a) John Kelsey, Computer Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and COSIC/KU Leuven, United States
16:00 Certifying Quantum-Enhanced Entropy Sources: Navigating SP 800-90B With Novel Technology (N23b) Kevin Milner, Lead Cryptographic Engineer, Quantinuum, United States; Marcos Portnoi, Lab Director, atsec information security corp., United States
16:30 Randomness Extractors and Quantum-Enhanced Seeds for Cybersecurity (N23c) Kevin Milner, Lead Cryptographic Engineer, Quantinuum, United States
Finance & Telecom
Moderator: TBA
15:30 Panel Discussion: Quantum Security for Financial Services (R23a) Leader: Michele Mosca, CEO, evolutionQ, Canada; Panelist: Blair Canavan, Director Alliances, Thales, Canada; Duncan Jones, Head of Cybersecurity, Quantinuum, United Kingdom [60MIN]
16:30 Migrating Telecom to Quantum-Resistant Cryptography on a Global Scale (R23c) John Mattsson, Expert, Cryptographic Algorithms and Security Protocols, Ericsson, Sweden
Separate registration required. Enjoy an informal group dinner and drinks at one one Toronto’s finest restaurants with your ICMC colleagues. Reserve your seat for a prix-fixe dinner at a group table. Reserve early—seating is limited. On site, you’ll meet your group at 18:30 at the ICMC registration desk in the foyer and depart from there.
Conference Sessions
Foyer
PQ Construction
Moderator: TBA
09:00 Navigating the Future: Building PQ-Safe Cryptographic Modules (Q30a) Graham Costa, Security and Certifications Manager, Thales, United Kingdom
09:30 Panel Discussion: Tales From the Front Lines of the First Wave of Quantum-Safe Manufacturing (Q30b) Leader: Jim Goodman, CTO, Crypto4A Technologies, Canada; Jim Last, AMD, United States; Jason Soroko, Sectigo, Canada [60MIN]
Selected Topics
Moderator: Nithya Rachamadugu, VP Cybersecurity Certification, DEKRA, United States
09:00 OpenSSL Roadmap (U30a) Neil Horman, Engineering Manager, OpenSSL Corp., United States
09:30 Black-Box Side-Channel Leakage Verification Using a Statistical Approach (U30b) Alicja Kario, Principal Quality Engineer, Red Hat, Czechia
10:00 Post-Quantum Cryptography Auditing (U30c) Javed Samuel, Vice President, NCC Group Cryptography Services, United States
Embedded & IoT Topics
Moderator: Dr. Seth Nielson, Founder and Chief Scientist, Crimson Vista, United States
09:00 Implementing Post-Quantum Cryptography in Hardware-Accelerated Roots of Trust (E30a) Jeff Andersen, Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google, United States; Mojtaba Bisheh-Niasar, Senior Security Engineer, Microsoft, United States
09:30 Using Zero-Knowledge Proofs to Secure Location Information in Military Combat Environments (E30b) Saheb Shankar Wadhwa, Security Engineer, Intertek Acumen Security, India; Ahona Dyutiman Chattopadhyay, Security Engineer, Intertek Acumen Security, India
10:00 IoT in the Quantum Crosshairs: A FIPS-Guided Defense Strategy (E30c) Loren Shade, Vice President of Marketing, Allegro Software, United States
Foyer
Introductions & Transitions
Moderator: Roberta Faux, Head of Cryptography and Field CTO, Arqit, United States
10:45 Introducing PQC to the Cybersecurity Ecosystem: Challenges, Impacts, and Strategies (Q31a) Lily Chen, Mathematician, NIST Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States
11:15 Integrating Quantum-Resistant Cryptography into AI-Driven Systems (Q31b) Garv Chawla, F5 Networks, India
11:45 PQC From Prototype to Stability: Supporting the Next Phase of the Quantum-Safe Transition (Q31c) Pravek Sharma, Cryptographic Research Architect, University of Waterloo, Canada; Spencer Wilson, Cryptography Research Architect, University of Waterloo, Canada
Selected Topics
Moderator: Dr. Seth Nielson, Founder and Chief Scientist, Crimson Vista, United States
10:45 Security vs. Compliance, Security Over Compliance, or Security and Compliance? (U31a) Maureen Barry, Senior Principal Security Analyst, Oracle, Canada; Jennifer Brady, Senior Principal Security Analyst, Oracle, United States
11:15 Quantum Algorithms and FIPS 140-3 (U31b) Saheb Shankar Wadhwa, Security Engineer, Intertek Acumen Security, India
11:45 Beyond the Certificate: Pursuing Full FIPS Compliance in Cryptographic Products (U31c) Rumman Mahmud, R&D Engineer Software 6, Broadcom, United States; Joachim Vandersmissen, IT Security Consultant, atsec information security corp., United States
Open Source Topics
Moderator: Juan Gonzalez, Laboratory Director, Teron Labs, Australia
10:45 Go and FIPS 140-3: Validating a Memory-Safe Module (S31a) Daniel McCarney, Software/Cryptography Developer, Go FIPS Validation, Canada
11:15 KMIP: Proof That Industry Interoperability Testing Delivers (S31b) Tony Cox, Consultant, TC Logic, Australia
11:45 Applying KEMs Using the Bouncy Castle APIs (S31c) David Hook, VP Software Engineering, Keyfactor/Legion of the Bouncy Castle, Australia
Foyer
Salon CD
12:30 Plenary – FIPS Fun with the CMUF: Honoring History, Inspiring Tomorrow (P32a) Leader: Fiona Stewart, Security Assurance Consultant, Assurgo, United States; Trish Wolff, Leader FIPS Certifications, Cisco Systems, United States; Renaudt Nunez, Senior IT Security Consultant, atsec information security corp, United States [60MIN]