Gilles Trachsel

Area Vice President - EMEA and India QuintessenceLabs

As Area Vice President, EMEA and India, Gilles Trachsel is responsible for managing all QLabs Sales activities and business development across the EMEA and India regions. Gilles brings to the role over 30 years of international sales, strategic business development, pre-sales, technical and product marketing experience, covering different topics, like Enterprise networking and security in general, cryptography, switching, routing, mobility, data centre, SDN and more. Before joining QLabs, Gilles worked at ID Quantique for six years, holding various functions and responsibilities, and gaining a solid expertise in Quantum Cryptography and QRNG, with major successful worldwide market introductions for both technologies. Previously, Gilles spent more than 10 years at Juniper Networks Ltd., being responsible for the product and solutions marketing for the whole Enterprise portfolio throughout the EMEA region. He was also in charge of the Advanced Technologies division at Juniper, covering Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. Prior to this, Gilles held several EMEA and Asia Pacific positions with Peribit Networks (successful US startup), U.S. Robotics and 3Com. Gilles holds a master's degree in telecommunication engineering from the largest University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Switzerland.

DAY 1 THURSDAY JUNE 25TH

2:30 PM Quantum and the Cybersecurity Imperative

Quantum computing promises to revolutionize various industries by solving complex problems exponentially faster than classical computers. However, this immense power also poses significant threats, such as the known (and proven) potential to break today's encryption systems, leading to unprecedented challenges in data security. Furthermore, as Quantum threatens algorithms, AI and other attack vectors are equally, or arguably more, a threat to cyber security. This session is crucial for anyone keen on understanding the future landscape of cybersecurity.

Establishing quantum resilience is a big step toward protection and safety of our data assets. Staying ahead of these developments is key to ensuring the security of your organisation's operations and client data. The challenge of quantum computing must become part of your risk assessment cycle, NOW. Not to mention the current "set-and-forget" security is simply dead, we must move to crypto-agility.

With the release of NIST's candidate standards, every organization should start developing a quantum-safe strategy. This involves more than just adopting new algorithms—it requires a thorough review of key management practices, infrastructure readiness for larger key sizes, and the potential performance impact. It's also essential to consider hybrid encryption approaches that combine existing security methods with new Post Quantum algorithms and Quantum Key Distribution. Additionally, as the world moves towards PQC, it is imperative that organisations keep an eye on interoperability. Regardless of whether you consider quantum to be a threat, or not, if you don't migrate to the newer algorithms, you'll be disconnected from the rest of the world.

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