PQC Migration for Health Systems, Pharma, and Medical Devices
Health records have multi-decade sensitivity windows, making them prime harvest-now-decrypt-later targets. Medical devices operate under resource constraints similar to OT environments, with long field lifetimes and limited upgrade paths. FDA guidance on connected medical device cybersecurity is evolving to encompass quantum readiness.
For healthcare CISOs and IT leaders, PQC migration intersects with HIPAA compliance, clinical system availability requirements, and the patient safety dimension that makes healthcare technology change uniquely consequential.
Course Outline
Module 1. Healthcare Quantum Exposure
Patient data and the HNDL threat: why health records with 50+ year sensitivity windows are prime harvest targets. Medical device integrity risks. Clinical trial data protection. Pharmaceutical IP protection.
Module 2. Medical Device Constraints
Cryptographic limitations of deployed medical devices. FDA cybersecurity guidance and its PQC implications. Device lifecycle management during cryptographic transition. Gateway-based protection for devices that cannot be upgraded.
Module 3. Clinical Systems Migration
EHR system cryptographic dependencies. Clinical application migration planning. HL7/FHIR interface security. Maintaining clinical workflow availability during migration.
Module 4. Regulatory Alignment
HIPAA requirements applied to PQC migration. FDA pre-market and post-market cybersecurity guidance. NIS2 implications for healthcare providers. Building the healthcare-specific compliance case.
Prerequisites
None. Sector experience is helpful but not required. For a broader PQC foundation, consider starting with Post-Quantum Foundation.
Certificate of Completion
Upon completion, you will receive a Quantum Academy certificate of completion. This is not a professional certification.
Who this course is for
Healthcare CISOs and security architects, biomedical and clinical engineering leads, EHR and clinical application owners, and privacy officers. Medical device manufacturers get a useful view of what their customers will ask for next.
If you are a payer rather than a provider, Quantum-Safe Insurance covers your side of the sector.
What you’ll be able to do afterward
- Assess healthcare-specific quantum exposure (patient data confidentiality, device integrity, clinical trial data)
- Apply HIPAA requirements to PQC migration planning
- Address medical device cryptographic constraints and FDA cybersecurity guidance
- Plan EHR system and clinical application migration
- Evaluate pharmaceutical R&D data protection requirements
What you leave with
You leave with the course handbook, a PDF of the full material with the instructor notes written out in place of the slides’ bullet points, and a PDF copy of Quantum Ready, included at no extra cost. The handbook is yours to keep. For most organizations, that shared reference is the clearest return on a training budget.
Enrollment includes 180 days of access to the online on-demand course. Where that course is not yet published, the 180 days start on the day it is.
Where this course fits
Nothing is required. Post-Quantum Foundation covers the algorithm vocabulary if you want it first. The Quantum-Safe Healthcare Intensive is the working session. PQC Vendor Governance for the device manufacturer conversations this will start.
Why we teach this
The course is built on the Applied Quantum PQC Migration Framework, published openly under Creative Commons at pqcframework.org and written by the practitioners who teach here. The people who teach this course are running migration programs inside organizations now, and the course covers what those programs hit.
About this program
Quantum Academy credentials are private professional credentials issued by Quantum Academy, a trade name of Post-Quantum Institute. They are not government-issued licenses, accredited degrees, or academic credit, and earning one does not guarantee employment, promotion, regulatory approval, or any other specific outcome.
Quantum Academy programs are educational and informational only, and are not legal, compliance, or engineering advice.