Elizabeth Green - SVP Customers and Ecosystems, QuSecure

Elizabeth brings over two decades of experience in the technology sector, most recently serving at Accenture as the Managing Director, Global Sales; and GTM Head, Emerging Cybersecurity Technology and Hybrid Cloud. Before that, she spent over 17 years with IBM in various sales and leadership roles. Ms. Green holds an MBA from the University of Phoenix, a MSA in Cybersecurity Operations and Leadership from the University of San Diego, and a BA in Communications from Michigan State University.

Alexey Bocharnikov - Director, Accenture

Alexey, a Director at Accenture, brings over 15 years of expertise in cybersecurity strategy, risk management, quantum risk, and cryptography. He currently holds the position of APAC Quantum Security Lead and A/NZ Cyber Strategy Delivery Lead.

Prior to Accenture, Alexey honed his expertise at EY, contributing to the Global Innovation Quantum Technology Lab and leading Global Quantum Security efforts. Before EY, Alexey served as a County Information Security Officer at Deutsche Bank’s Moscow Branch. His focus was protecting business interests and infrastructure from cyber threats and balancing headquarters objectives with local branch needs.

Alexey is a vocal advocate for best practices and proactive risk management in cyber strategy and quantum security. His thought leadership includes authoring articles, contributing to international reports, producing educational videos, and speaking at industry conferences.

1. For leaders who have been aware of the quantum threat but were waiting for clarity on the path forward, this is the signal that cuts through the noise around quantum.

2. For organizations and governments that deal with sensitive data, NIST’s guidance is to begin adopting the new standards immediately.

3. Leaders who are hearing about the new standards for the first time should engage a trusted partner to help navigate what applications and communications should be addressed first and which can be deferred until later.

4. With 2024 coming to a close, Post-Quantum Cryptography awareness is critical. With the increasing volume of ecosystem options available and emerging, now is the time to identify and test your priority enterprise applications and use cases.

5. This session will highlight real-life strategies already implemented to provide attendees with concrete examples for building & leveraging a PQC readiness plan.

6. Most importantly, attendees will leave with a set of pragmatic steps for planning, budgeting, and communicating a Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) strategy and a strong understanding of leveraging Crypto Agility to help protect your data from Quantum Attacks.