Last Week in Quantum

Reality of AI Agents and when Store Now Decrypt Later Comes into Play

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/

Best Performing Qubits on Record | Google says its quantum computer reduces errors | September 2024

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/

Emerging Importance of Hybrid Computing, PQC Migration, Why Fed Gov's Push to Move to Post Quantum

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/

2024 NIST PQC Standardization, What to do next? Critical Infrastructure needs to be Quantum-Safe

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

POV: The Quantum Threat to Blockchain – Ensuring Your Digital Assets

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/