ISARA Insights Blog


A Recap of the 9th ETSI/IQC Quantum Safe Workshop

Philip Lafrance
Feb 23, 2023

The ETSI/IQC Quantum Safe Workshop returned last week after a one year hiatus, held in-person at ETSI’s headquarters in the beautiful South of France. Regarded by many as the world’s premier event in quantum-safe…

Read more


Your Post-Quantum Cryptography Journey: Over the River and Through the Woods

Paul Lucier
Dec 08, 2021

‘Tis the season for visits to grandmother and Uncle Joe. ‘Tis also the season for organizations to start planning their roadmaps for a quantum-safe New Year. After all, the third round of the NIST PQC…

Read more


Cryptographic Management: How to Minimize Mayhem and Maximize Effectiveness

Paul Lucier
Jul 27, 2021

Cryptography is the foundation of authentication, authorization, confidentiality, data integrity, and more. It is the foundation of digital trust; it is the enabler of overall enterprise security. Any…

Read more


US Government’s Deep Dive into China and Why the Quantum Threat Matters

Paul Lucier
Oct 07, 2020

China continues to make significant advances in quantum science and with quantum communication networks. Do these developments pose a threat we should be worried about? The US Congress thinks so. On…

Read more


RAND Corporation Report: Quantum Threat

Philip Lafrance
Apr 29, 2020

This month the RAND corporation released a new report investigating the quantum threat. The authors consider three key timelines in the coming paradigm shift to quantum-safe cryptography. They investigated…

Read more