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- The European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI wallet) represents one of the largest shifts in digital governance, aiming to give citizens secure control over personal credentials across member states. However, deploying high-assurance trust architectures while preparing for post-quantum cryptography presents major technical hurdles for hardware vendors, service providers, and certification bodies.
In this episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defense, host Johannes Lintzen sits down with Wei Yuan, lab manager and director of operations at Applus+ Laboratories. Wei outlines the structural trade-offs between local security elements and remote HSM deployments, the challenge of building crypto agility into hardware, and why the European Commission timeline leaves zero room for delay. - Eric Amador from Thales joins the show to discuss pqctoday.com, an open initiative designed to simplify quantum-safe migration. Discover how browser-based cryptographic tools and AI help organizations understand upcoming global timelines, test new algorithms such as ML-KEM without friction, and prepare for the quantum threat.
- The episode discusses India’s ambitious roadmap for quantum migration. The guests explore the aggressive 2029 deadline for critical infrastructure and the broader strategy for building a quantum resilient society. This conversation provides a detailed look at how one of the world’s largest digital economies is preparing for the quantum threat.
- Antti Ropponen, Global Quantum Safe Transformation Leader at IBM Consulting, explains why the current shift toward post-quantum cryptography mirrors the early days of cloud migration. He details how organizations can avoid common pitfalls like inventory paralysis and explains why successful transitions require an organizational shift rather than just a technical update.
- Louise Davey, President of LDIQ and author of Quantum How, joins the show to discuss why the transition to post-quantum cryptography is fundamentally a challenge of organizational governance rather than just a technical upgrade. Drawing on her unique perspective as a former experimental nuclear physicist, she explains how leaders can translate complex technical threats into the business language of risk and resilience. This episode provides a roadmap for executives to bridge the gap between technical practitioners and executive leadership to ensure long-term viability.
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Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defense is your definitive guide to navigating the quantum era of cybersecurity. Hosted by experts from PQShield, a global leader in post-quantum cryptography (PQC), this podcast explores how industries can future-proof their defences against the imminent threat of quantum computing.
Each episode brings you actionable insights, real-world case studies, and expert interviews with cryptographers, industry leaders, and policymakers shaping the future of cybersecurity. From demystifying quantum-resistant protocols to addressing compliance challenges and implementation strategies, Shielded moves the conversation from why to how in building a quantum-safe world.
Whether you're a security engineer, IT professional, or business decision-maker, Shielded arms you with the knowledge and tools to stay ahead of the curve in securing your data. Join us as we decode the challenges of quantum readiness, foster collaborative solutions, and inspire confidence in a safer digital future.
Subscribe now to stay updated on the latest trends, standards, and breakthroughs in quantum-resilient cybersecurity.
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