Insight by Ciena Government Solutions and Verizon

How to prepare federal networks for the quantum era

Experts at Verizon and Ciena urge agencies to adopt post-quantum encryption and zero-trust to secure networks against emerging quantum threats.

In a recent Federal Insights interview, Ciena Government Solutions’ Chief Technologist Jim Westdorp and Verizon’s Senior Director of Federal Solutions Architecture Lamont Copeland detailed how agencies can brace for the impending post-quantum cryptography era. With quantum computing breakthroughs on the horizon, agencies face the challenge of bolstering network security to withstand quantum-powered decryption capabilities.

For more on this discussion, download this free Executive Briefing, sponsored by Ciena Government Solutions and Verizon.

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