CyberRisk Collaborative sets January virtual event on post-quantum readiness

CyberRisk Collaborative will host a virtual, CISO-focused event on Jan. 26, 2027, to help enterprise leaders assess quantum-related cryptographic risk and prepare for a post-quantum transition. The program is aimed at organizations trying to understand long-term exposure, migration planning and executive readiness before quantum computing threatens widely used encryption.

Why it matters: - Quantum computing could weaken public-key cryptography that protects sensitive data, identities, infrastructure, software and digital transactions. - Large enterprises are already weighing the impact on long-lived data, critical systems, cryptographic dependencies and future technology investments. - The event is built for CISOs and senior leaders who need a practical readiness plan over the next 12 to 36 months.

What happened: - CyberRisk Collaborative announced Post-Quantum Readiness: Preparing for Q-Day, a virtual event set for Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2027. - The program will focus on the security, risk and technology implications of quantum computing advances. - The event will be promoted to CyberRisk Collaborative members and the broader CyberRisk Alliance network.

The details: - The agenda will help organizations assess exposure to quantum-related cryptographic risk and prepare for a transition to post-quantum security. - Sessions will cover cryptographic discovery and inventory, long-term data exposure, post-quantum cryptography standards and technologies, migration planning, crypto-agility, enterprise governance, executive alignment and third-party dependencies. - The program will open with an industry keynote and include five 20-minute sessions. - Sessions will be available for on-demand viewing after the live event. - Confirmed speakers include Dr. Georgianna Shea and Adam Firestone of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Sandip Dholakia, chair of the Cryptography Innovation Hub at SAP; Ann Duncan, dean of cyber at Georgia Tech; Amy Chaney of Citi; and Stephen Craig of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. - Chaney and Craig will join a CISO panel on post-quantum risk, readiness planning and enterprise preparation. - The event page is here.

Between the lines: - Parham Eftekhari, CyberRisk Collaborative executive vice president, framed post-quantum readiness as an urgent leadership issue. - The lineup pulls in voices from industry, academia and policy, signaling that post-quantum planning is moving beyond a technical niche into enterprise strategy. - The focus on governance, executive alignment and dependencies suggests the hardest part of quantum preparedness may be coordination, not just technology selection.

What's next: - CyberRisk Collaborative will use the January event to push practical planning across the next two to three years. - Organizations attending are expected to leave with a clearer view of cryptographic exposure and a roadmap for readiness work. - The post-event on-demand sessions should extend the program’s reach beyond the live audience.

The bottom line: - CyberRisk Collaborative is positioning post-quantum readiness as a near-term enterprise risk issue, not a distant technical scenario.