The American Bar Association will present a webinar on “Quantum Computing and Cybersecurity: What is Reasonable Security in the Age of AI and Quantum?” Tuesday, June 10, from 1 to 2 p.m.
Quantum Computers are poised to revolutionize industries from pharmaceuticals to finance to materials science and beyond. A mature quantum computer will be able to crack public key encryption in the future, while quantum-leveraged technologies promise the next generation of secure communications. As this emerging technology is commercialized and we fully enter the age of quantum computers and AI, lawyers will have to consider what is considered “reasonable cybersecurity” given this exponential increase in computing power and capability.
This webinar will provide an overview of quantum computers, detail the state of the art for the technology, discuss the NIST PQC standards that were released in 2024, and provide best practices for companies and government agencies to begin the arduous process of protecting data from future quantum cyberattacks while also leveraging quantum technologies for positive use cases and more secure communications over the coming years and decades.
Speaking at the webinar will be Ryan McKenney, the general counsel of Compliance and Director of Government Relations for Quantinuum. In this role, he works on legal compliance efforts and government affairs and policy efforts from Quantinuum’s Washington DC office. Before Quantinuum, McKenney was an attorney at two large international law firms (Milbank and Orrick) focusing on technology transactions and privacy and cybersecurity compliance. McKenney is the co-founder and former chair of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) Law Committee and an adjunct professor of law at Loyola Law School and Vanderbilt Law School where he teaches coruses on privacy and emerging technologies like AI and quantum computing.
Cost for the webinar is $130. To register, visit www.americanbar.org and click on “events.”
Quantum Computers are poised to revolutionize industries from pharmaceuticals to finance to materials science and beyond. A mature quantum computer will be able to crack public key encryption in the future, while quantum-leveraged technologies promise the next generation of secure communications. As this emerging technology is commercialized and we fully enter the age of quantum computers and AI, lawyers will have to consider what is considered “reasonable cybersecurity” given this exponential increase in computing power and capability.
This webinar will provide an overview of quantum computers, detail the state of the art for the technology, discuss the NIST PQC standards that were released in 2024, and provide best practices for companies and government agencies to begin the arduous process of protecting data from future quantum cyberattacks while also leveraging quantum technologies for positive use cases and more secure communications over the coming years and decades.
Speaking at the webinar will be Ryan McKenney, the general counsel of Compliance and Director of Government Relations for Quantinuum. In this role, he works on legal compliance efforts and government affairs and policy efforts from Quantinuum’s Washington DC office. Before Quantinuum, McKenney was an attorney at two large international law firms (Milbank and Orrick) focusing on technology transactions and privacy and cybersecurity compliance. McKenney is the co-founder and former chair of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) Law Committee and an adjunct professor of law at Loyola Law School and Vanderbilt Law School where he teaches coruses on privacy and emerging technologies like AI and quantum computing.
Cost for the webinar is $130. To register, visit www.americanbar.org and click on “events.”
