TechNet Indo-Pacific 2026

Good News! Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Is Finally Available. But Here Is the Challenge… (Room Tapa III)

28 Oct 26
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Tracks: Breakout Sessions, Continuing Education

Speaker(s): MG Garrett Yee, USA (Ret.), Vice President, DoD Customer Relations, General Dynamics Information Technology; Michael Martinez, DSc, Chief Information Security Officer, U.S. Army Pacific G6; CAPT Victor T. Taylor, USN, Director, Communications and Information Systems, N6, U.S. Pacific Fleet; Col Tassi Davis, USAF, Director, Cyber Ops and Warfighter Comms , Pacific Air Forces; Matthew McFadden, Ph.D., Vice President, Cyber and Distinguished Technologist, General Dynamics Information Technology; Gary Dunow, Chief of Staff, IonQ Federal

For years, we have been talking about the promise of quantum computing and its ability to break current encryption. The concept of “harvest now and decrypt later” is the reason why we need to solve for “quantum resistant” cryptography today. The good news is that we now have PQC available, but the challenge is that the problem set might be more than you expected. In this session, we will be discussing PQC with notable subject matter experts in this field and key component leaders in the Pacific. They will help us understand what we need to know as cybersecurity professionals.