Abstract
The time to modernize cryptographic infrastructure has arrived. In this episode, recorded live at RSA Conference 2025, host Johannes Lintzen moderates a conversation with four HSM industry leaders: Greg Wetmore (Entrust), John Ray (Thales), David Close (Futurex), and Kevin McKeogh (Utimaco). Together, they explore the evolution of Hardware Security Modules as the foundational building blocks for secure, post-quantum infrastructure.
Learn how HSMs are enabling cryptographic agility, supporting new NIST and CNSA 2.0 algorithms, and offering in-field firmware and FPGA updates, without requiring a full rip-and-replace. The panel dives into compliance frameworks, performance trade-offs, hybrid environments, and supply chain integrity, offering a rare behind-the-scenes view into how top HSM vendors are solving quantum migration at scale.
What You’ll Learn:
- Why HSMs are essential to post-quantum cryptographic trust
- How cryptographic agility is enabled through firmware, FPGA, and SDK updates
- Why CNSA 2.0 and FIPS 203/204/205 are now critical to compliance
- How to deploy PQC without replacing your entire infrastructure
- The real-world performance and interoperability implications of PQC
- How leading organizations are already securing TLS with hybrid algorithms
- Why PQC readiness requires standards-aligned APIs and driver updates
- What’s next for HSMs and how vendors are building for an agile crypto future
Greg Wetmore is VP, Software Development at Entrust. He leads Entrust’s cryptographic engineering, focusing on post-quantum crypto implementation and HSM innovation.
David Close is Chief Solutions Architect at Futurex. He is an expert in hardware crypto infrastructure, compliance (FIPS, CNSA), and real-world PQC implementation.
John Ray is Director of HSM Product Management at Thales. He oversees quantum readiness and crypto-agility strategy for Thales HSM product lines.
Kevin McKeogh is Senior Director, Product Management at Ultimaco. He leads crypto innovation at Utimaco with a focus on hybrid deployments, SDK flexibility, and international standards alignment.
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