Abstract
One year ago, NIST released its long‑awaited post‑quantum cryptography standards, marking the official start of the migration to quantum‑safe security. It was the moment everyone had been “waiting for” but did it really kickstart the shift?
In this anniversary episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defense, host Johannes Lintzen brings back some of the most important voices in the PQC conversation to revisit where we were, where we are, and where we need to go next:
- Dustin Moody (NIST) on what has surprised him about the first year of migration since the standards landed.
- Dr. Garfield Jones (DHS) on how mandates and compliance have accelerated (or complicated) the push to PQC.
- Bas Westerbaan (Cloudflare) on why the work is less about “just switching” and more about managing change.
- John Ray (Thales) on what crypto agility has looked like in practice since the standards dropped.
- Mamta Gupta (Lattice) & Cassie Crossley (Schneider Electrics) on the reality of aligning hardware lifecycles, evolving algorithms, and compliance demands.
- Rolfe Schmidt (Signal) reveals how early adoption ahead of the standardization process paid off and the unexpected protocol design challenges that emerged in year one.
Together, they deliver an unvarnished look at what’s changed in the 12 months since the standards were finalized and what still needs urgent attention.
What You’ll Learn:
- How much progress has been made one year after the standards and where organizations are still stuck.
- Why government mandates mean “waiting” could lock your business out of contracts.
- The #1 first step before any PQC migration (and why it hasn’t changed in a year).
- What crypto agility means now that the standards are a reality.
- Why hardware lifecycles vs. quantum threats are still a ticking clock.
- What this first year has taught us about what it will take to reach full migration.
- The latest one-year-on insights from Cloudflare and Signal as they refine their PQC deployments.
This is a rare, roundtable-style single-guest interview featuring voices from government, industry, and research in one conversation. If you need to understand not just why PQC migration matters but how to start, this is your playbook.
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