Hosted by Rebecca Krauthamer, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer and Technology Officer of QuSecure

Guest Speaker - Skip Sanzeri, Co-Founder and COO of QuSecure

CHAPTERS

0:00 Last Week in Quantum

0:12 Skip Sanzeri

1:30 What is an AI Agent?

3:50 What kinds of data are you seeing most at risk when it comes to sharing with these agents?

8:18 Store Now Decrypt Later - What are the implications?

10:34 Webinar with Horizon X

Resources

AI Agents Are The Future, And A Lot Is At Stake - https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2024/08/27/ai-agents-are-the-future-and-a-lot-is-at-stake/

Hosted by Bill Roth with Brandon Dennis from QuSecure

Guest Speaker - Elizabeth Green, SVP of Customers and Ecosystems from QuSecure

CHAPTERS

0:00 Last Week in Quantum

1:15 Microsoft announces the best-performing logical qubits on record

1:50 build quantum computers with logical qubits and low error rates

6:00 Google says its quantum computer reduces errors

6:50 Timeline for cryptanalytically relevant quantum computer

Resources

Microsoft announces the best performing logical qubits on record and will provide priority access to reliable quantum hardware in Azure Quantum - https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/09/10/microsoft-announces-the-best-performing-logical-qubits-on-record-and-will-provide-priority-access-to-reliable-quantum-hardware-in-azure-quantum/

Google says its quantum computer reduces errors in a major breakthrough - https://readwrite.com/google-quantum-computer-reduces-errors/

Hosted by Bill Roth with Brandon Dennis from QuSecure

Guest Speaker - Elizabeth Green, SVP of Customers and Ecosystems from QuSecure

CHAPTERS

0:00 Last Week in Quantum

0:35 Quantum Computers Could Help Hackers Defeat Encryption

1:21 What the upgrade cycle looks like as we transition to PQC?

4:23 IBM’s Big Bet on the Quantum-Centric Supercomputer

5:00 What is hybrid computing?

7:48 New NIST post-quantum cryptography standards with OMB’s Nick Polk

8:19 Federal Government putting effort into moving to post-quantum cryptography

Resources -

Quantum Computers Could Help Hackers Defeat Encryption. Here's How to Protect Your Data - https://www.inc.com/jennifer-conrad/quantum-computers-could-help-hackers-defeat-encryption-heres-how-to-protect-your-data.html

IBM’s Big Bet on the Quantum-Centric Supercomputer - https://spectrum.ieee.org/ibm-quantum-computer-2668978269

Breaking down the new NIST post-quantum cryptography standards with OMB’s Nick Polk - https://fedscoop.com/radio/nick-polk-omb-nist-post-quantum-cryptography-standards/

QuSecure Insights on Hybrid Post-Quantum TLS - https://www.qusecure.com/cryptographic-agility-for-control-over-hybrid-post-quantum-tls/

Hosted by Bill Roth with Brandon Dennis from QuSecure

Guest Speaker - Dave Krauthamer, CoFounder and CEO from QuSecure

CHAPTERS

0:00 Last Week in Quantum

0:26 Dave Krauthamer

0:40 Bill Roth for Water District 2 in Santa Clara County

1:05 Highlights of Quantum News

1:40 NIST PQC Standardization

2:05 Highlights of NIST PQC Standardization Announcement

7:35 Importance of protecting critical infrastructure

8:22 Quantum threat is real - necessary for the future

8:33 Genesis Water Systems - Post Quantum Secured

10:13 Direct threat to devices that control things all around us

11:48 DARPA invites quantum computing firms to proposers day for new benchmarking initiatives

12:17 Why is the US Government showing so much interest in quantum?

Resources

Vote for Bill - https://electbillroth.com/

National Institute of Standards and Technology - NIST Releases First 3 Finalized Post-Quantum Encryption Standards - https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/08/nist-releases-first-3-finalized-post-quantum-encryption-standards

The Quantum Insider - DARPA Invites Quantum Computing Firms to Proposers Day for New Benchmarking Initiative - https://thequantuminsider.com/2024/08/17/darpa-invites-quantum-computing-firms-to-proposers-day-for-new-benchmarking-initiative/

Genesis Systems - PQC Safe - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/qusecure_in-wake-of-us-water-system-attacks-qusecure-activity-7204570331187937281-8l1m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Hosted by Rebecca Krauthamer, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer and Technology Officer from QuSecure

Guest Speaker - Anastasia Marchenkova, Quantum Expert, Investor in Deep Tech and Next-Gen Computing

CHAPTERS

0:00 Last Week in Quantum

0:14 Anastasia Marchenkova

3:22 How should executives who utilize blockchain or crypto currency be

thinking about the quantum threat?

5:03 Step 1: Find out where the gaps are within your infrastructure

6:00 Step 2: What does the upgrade path look like and how long does that take?

8:00 Use Cases for Store Now Decrypt Later and Q Day

8:28 Use Cases for Store Now Decrypt Later aka Harvest Now Decrypt Later

11:25 Regulators thinking about security for block-chain technology

12:45 Hybrid Algorithms

15:20 What should I be thinking about if I own cryptocurrency or use blockchain based services?

Tune in to our webinar - PayPal & QuSecure - https://www.qusecure.com/paypal-and-qusecure-protecting-payments-against-quantum-and-ai/

Hosted by Rebecca Krauthamer, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer and Technology Officer from QuSecure

Guest Speaker - Laura Thomas, Former CIA Case Officer and Chief of Base

CHAPTERS

0:00 Last Week in Quantum

0:15 Laura Thomas

1:00 Chicago, Illinois lands federal partnership to develop quantum projects

1:25 Thoughts on investment to quantum testing facility

4:00 Emphasis on Developing Quantum - Policy Makers

8:00 Laura's journey to the quantum sector

10:20 Current state of quantum and where is it evolving

News Mentioned-

DARPA Plans To Establish Quantum-Testing Facility In Chicago With $140 Million Investment

https://thequantuminsider.com/2024/07/17/darpa-may-establish-quantum-testing-facility-in-chicago-with-140-million-investment/

Pritzker announces federal partner for quantum computing campus

https://www.wcia.com/news/state-news/pritzker-announces-federal-partner-for-quantum-computing-campus/

Hosted by Bill Roth with Brandon Dennis from QuSecure

Guest Speaker - Dave Krauthamer, CoFounder and CEO from QuSecure

CHAPTERS

0:00 Last Week in Quantum

Forbes - The Future Of AI: Unleashing The Power Of Quantum Machine Learning

Nature - A benchmarking study of quantum algorithms for combinatorial optimization

Fundamental tipping point in history in regards to Quantum

Quantum Artificial Intelligence - Sentient Computing

Resources-

- The Future Of AI: Unleashing The Power Of Quantum Machine Learning - https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2024/06/24/the-future-of-ai-unleashing-the-power-of-quantum-machine-learning/

- A benchmarking study of quantum algorithms for combinatorial optimization - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41534-024-00856-3

Hosted by Bill Roth with Brandon Dennis from QuSecure

Guest Speaker - Pete Ford, Head of Federal Operations at QuSecure, TEDx Speaker

CHAPTERS

0:00 Last Week in Quantum

0:21 Pete Ford

0:55 The Quantum Clock is Ticking

2:30 Quantum, How should we think about this?

2:58 3 Lanes of Quantum

5:10 Address this at the board level

9:45 Cryptographic Inventory and Discovery

10:57 Observability

11:42 Transform

16:27 Quantum-Safe Champions Prioritize New Talent

Resources-

IBM Institute for Business Value - The Quantum Clock is Ticking: How Quantum Safe is your Organization? https://www.ibm.com/thought-leadershi...

What is Crypto Agility - https://www.qusecure.com/cryptographi...

White Paper - Secure Communications for Quantum and Beyond: Orchestrated Cryptography for Agility and Policy - https://www.qusecure.com/resources/or...

What is Post-Quantum Cryptography? - https://www.qusecure.com/post-quantum...

Hosted by Bill Roth with Brandon Dennis from QuSecure

Guest Speaker - Pete Ford, Head of Federal Operations at QuSecure, TEDx Speaker

Resources-

J.P. Morgan - JPMorgan Chase establishes quantum-secured crypto-agile network- https://www.jpmorgan.com/technology/news/firm-establishes-quantum-secured-crypto-agile-network

Nvidia launches quantum computer centers with cuda q platform - https://venturebeat.com/ai/nvidia-launches-quantum-computer-centers-with-cuda-q-platform/

Forbes - Defense In Depth Must Be Part Of Any Quantum Security Conversation - https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2024/05/13/defense-in-depth-must-be-part-of-any-quantum-security-conversation/?sh=fb3944470ee7

What is Crypto Agility - https://www.qusecure.com/cryptographic-agility-crypto-agility/

White Paper - Secure Communications for Quantum and Beyond: Orchestrated Cryptography for Agility and Policy - https://www.qusecure.com/resources/orchestrated-crypto-agility/

Hosted by Rebecca Krauthamer, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at QuSecure

Guest Speaker - Pat Bodin, Global AI Architect at Cisco

CHAPTERS

0:00 Last Week in Quantum

0:16 Pat Bodin

2:12 Cisco Blog - The Journey: Quantum's Yellow Brick Road

5:00 The importance of safegaurding collaboration when inventing things.

6:18 What is Cisco working on when it comes to AI and Generative AI?

8:14 Thoughts around AI Safety

11:40 Advice on communicating about converging technologies like quantum and AI.