Quantum computing is moving rapidly from theory to reality, and with it comes a fundamental challenge for today’s digital systems: quantum-enabled decryption. When that moment arrives, many of the encryption methods that underpin data security, intellectual property protection and trusted communications will no longer be sufficient.
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has made its expectations clear: organisations should have a post-quantum cryptography (PQC) migration plan in place by 2028. For businesses across the aerospace, defence, security and space sectors - particularly those supplying government departments, defence programmes and critical national infrastructure - the countdown has already begun.
This ADS webinar, Quantum Decryption Is Coming – Are You Ready?, is designed to give business owners, senior leaders, CISOs and IT directors a clear and practical understanding of what this shift means for their organisation, without technical jargon.
Featuring the Head of PQC Migration at the NCSC and organisations participating in the NCSC PQC Migration Advisory Scheme, the session will provide first-hand insight into how UK organisations are approaching the transition and what leaders should be doing now.
The session will cut through the hype and complexity to explain:
- What quantum decryption actually is, and why it matters for your organisation
- Why the NCSC is urging organisations to begin planning now, rather than waiting for large-scale quantum computers to arrive
- What the 2028 PQC migration planning milestone means in practice
- What types of data, services and long-term records are already at risk today
- Why a "wait and see" approach may create future operational, compliance and supply-chain challenges
- How businesses can start preparing now, even without deep technical expertise.
The focus is not on abstract theory, but on business risk, regulatory expectations, supply-chain readiness, and practical decision-making across the aerospace, defence, security and space sectors.
For organisations that work with government customers - or aspire to do so - understanding and planning for PQC migration is rapidly becoming a strategic necessity.
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