Post-Quantum Foundation – Live Online (EMEA & APAC), October 2026
The half-day entry point to post-quantum cryptography: what changes, why it matters now, and the vocabulary every later course assumes.
Security professionals, IT managers, compliance officers, risk analysts, software developers, enterprise architects, and business leaders who need a grounded introduction to post-quantum cryptography. No prior quantum computing or advanced cryptography knowledge is required.
What you will cover
- Explain how a cryptanalytically relevant quantum computer (CRQC) threatens current public-key cryptographic systems, including RSA, ECC, and Diffie-Hellman
- Identify which systems and data in an organization are vulnerable to quantum-enabled attacks, including harvest-now-decrypt-later (HNDL) and trust-now-forge-later (TNFL) scenarios
- Describe the NIST post-quantum algorithm suite – the finalized ML-KEM (formerly CRYSTALS-Kyber), ML-DSA (formerly CRYSTALS-Dilithium), and SLH-DSA (formerly SPHINCS+), plus FN-DSA (formerly FALCON), still in standardization as FIPS 206 – and their intended use cases
- Outline the regulatory and compliance environment driving PQC adoption, including CNSA 2.0, the EU Cybersecurity Act, and sector-specific mandates
- Articulate the business case for starting PQC migration planning now, even while CRQC timelines remain uncertain
- Apply Mosca’s inequality as a decision framework for migration timing
The format
Half day, 4 hours. Delivered live from 07:00 to 11:00 UTC, for participants in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. Included: Course handbook, 180 days of on-demand access, certificate of completion.
Full outline, modules, and delivery details are on the course page, together with a justification letter you can adapt if you need internal approval to attend: Post-Quantum Foundation.
Our confirmation guarantee. We run this course as scheduled. The eight-participant minimum that applies to other scheduled Quantum Academy courses does not apply here, and the date is confirmed at the point of sale.
This course is educational and informational, and is not legal, compliance, or engineering advice.
