Session Description
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Join us for the Second Post Quantum Network Seminar at MWC Las Vegas! The GSMA published a first Impact Assessment Whitepaper in February 2023, highlighting the security challenges and opportunities posed by the relentless pace of development in Quantum technologies. Come and join us to learn how the Telecommunication industry is preparing for the Quantum era and the transition towards Post Quantum cryptography.
The seminar will bring together ecosystem stakeholders including perspectives from Government, network operators, technology vendors, integrators, standards and open-source communities to consider the progress, challenges and opportunities in this rapidly evolving landscape, including:
- How Governments are preparing for the migration to Post Quantum Cryptography
- Quantum Risk Assessment framework through a telco lens
- Analysis of key telco use cases, including implications for PKI
- Update on standardisation, highlighting dependencies and timelines
Timely adoption of PQC affects the entire Telecommunication supply chain and is a complex, multi-year transformation. The GSMA Post Quantum Telco Network Task Force (PQTN) is working across the whole ecosystem in order to ensure that the telco sector is making future proof investments, preparing migration plans and fostering new commercial opportunities such as delivery of Quantum safe services.
Agenda
Time: 10:00-10:05
Welcome and Introduction
Time: 10:05-10:15
What’s all the noise about Post Quantum?
Setting the scene on why post quantum cryptography is such an important topic for the security of telco systems
Speaker:
Donna Dodson, Senior Strategy Advisor, evolutionQ
Time: 10:15-11:00
Exploring the coherence between standards and Government guidance
A panel to discuss how are governments (US and Canada) and standards bodies (NIST, IETF) are preparing for the Quantum Era
Moderator:
Donna Dodson, Senior Strategy Advisor, evolutionQ
Panelists
Blair Canavan, Director Alliances, Thales CPL representing CFDIR PQC Working Group
Natasha Cohen Eastman, Chief of Operations, Threat Hunting, Cybersecurity Division, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Dustin Moody, Mathematician, Cryptographic Technology Group, NIST
Paul Hoffman, Distinguished Technologist, Representing IETF
Time: 11:00-11:15
GSMA Post Quantum Telco Network Group
The Chair and Vice-chair of the Post Quantum Telco Network Task Force provide a view of the work that is ongoing, including Post Quantum Best Practices and Use Cases for Telco
Speaker:
Lory Thorpe, Global Solutions & Offerings, Industry Partner Telecommunications, IBM
Luke Ibbetson, Group Head of R&D, Vodafone
Time: 11:15-11:30
Risk Management
Presentation of the newly published PQTN TF whitepaper “Guidelines for Quantum Risk Management for Telco”
Speaker:
Ariston Collander, Associate Director, Cybersecurity Risk Management, AT&T
Taylor Hartley, Network Security Solutions Architect, Ericsson North America, Ericsson
Gabriela Radu, Secure By Design Expert, Vodafone
Time: 11:30-12:00
A view from the ecosystem
How are Network operators and technology vendors preparing for the Quantum era
Moderator:
Chris Hume, Sr. Director of Business Operations, Sandbox AQ
Panelists
Zygmunt Lozinski, IBM Senior Technical Staff Member and Quantum Ambassador, IBM
Ray Octaviano, VP and Head of Business Development in North America, IDEMIA
Lamont A Copeland, Managing Director Federal Solutions Architecture, Verizon
Time: 12:00-12:10
Q&A
An opportunity to ask question to the panellists and moderators
Lory Thorpe, Global Solutions & Offerings, Industry Partner Telecommunications, IBM
Luke Ibbetson, Group Head of R&D, Vodafone
Time: 12:10-12:30
Networking
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