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CyberRisk Collaborative launches quantum security event for CISOs

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November 12, 2026 by Ivy Delaney

CyberRisk Collaborative will host a virtual event on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2027, focused on preparing organizations for the security implications of quantum computing. The program aims to deliver an enterprise readiness checklist covering risk identification, migration planning and leadership strategies for a potential shift to security. “America’s readiness is what keeps me up at night,” said Parham Eftekhari, CyberRisk Collaborative Executive Vice President. Discussions will center on actionable steps organizations can take within the next 12 to 36 months.

CISO Event Focus: Assessing Quantum-Related Cryptographic Risk

CyberRisk Collaborative’s upcoming virtual event on January 26, 2027, concentrates on delivering an enterprise readiness checklist, a focused response to the escalating threat posed by advances in quantum computing. The program’s structure prioritizes risk identification and migration planning, moving beyond theoretical discussion toward concrete organizational steps. Speakers from institutions including Georgia Tech and SAP will address the practical implications of quantum-resistant cryptography for long-term data security.

Cybersecurity leaders will examine cryptographic dependencies and evaluate emerging post-quantum standards, a critical step given the potential for quantum computers to break current encryption methods. The program will also cover enterprise governance and executive alignment, recognizing that a successful transition requires buy-in from all levels of an organization.

The virtual program will feature an opening keynote followed by five 20-minute sessions, all available for on-demand viewing, and is designed for CISOs and senior leaders responsible for cybersecurity and long-term technology strategy. The event considers third-party and infrastructure dependencies, recognizing the complex interconnectedness of modern digital systems and the need for a comprehensive approach to quantum risk mitigation.

America’s post-quantum readiness is what keeps me up at night.

Parham Eftekhari, CyberRisk Collaborative Executive Vice President
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Ivy Delaney has been working with neural networks and machine learning since the mid-nineties, back when a couple of hidden layers and a long afternoon of training counted as ambitious. She has watched the field go from academic curiosity to the thing quietly running underneath everything, and she brings that long view to quantum computing. For Quantum Zeitgeist she covers the ground where the two fields meet. That means quantum machine learning and the variational algorithms it leans on, and it also means the less glamorous but more interesting story of classical machine learning already doing real work inside quantum machines, decoding error-correcting codes, calibrating noisy hardware and learning the error models that simulators depend on. She writes about the hardware those algorithms have to run on too, and about the post-quantum cryptography scramble that the same hardware has set off. Her stories typically start with the paper, whether that is peer-reviewed work, conference proceedings or an arXiv preprint, with the source linked so you can hold a claim up against the research it came from. She is unimpressed by benchmarks that will not say what they beat, and by demonstrations that only work in the press release.

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