Fortifying Software Defined Mission Dominance: Accelerating PQC Mandate Compliance Across Defense Networks

Name: Fortifying Software Defined Mission Dominance: Accelerating PQC Mandate Compliance Across Defense Networks
Start: 2026-11-10T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-11-10

The migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) is no longer a forward-looking initiative, it is an immediate operational requirement for national security. Driven by Executive Order 14412 and OMB Memorandum M-26-15, federal defense agencies must rapidly transition legacy cryptographic standards to NIST-approved quantum-safe algorithms to defend critical systems against "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" threats. Securing defense infrastructure across hybrid cloud, air-gapped environments and tactical edge nodes requires a systemic shift away from static encryption toward continuous, enterprise-wide crypto-agility.

This session explores how defense leadership, mission systems engineers and program managers can leverage an open source ecosystem to streamline PQC implementation without sacrificing operational readiness. Learn how to deliver native NIST PQC algorithm support, automated Cryptographic Bill of Materials (CBOM) discovery and policy-driven remediation across legacy and modern workloads. Partnering provides defense organizations with a proven, trusted foundation to achieve rapid federal compliance, protect sovereign intelligence and safeguard the mission against tomorrow's quantum decryption threats.