Last Week in Quantum

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.