Session Abstract

Two clocks are running at once. Q-Day is when quantum computers break today's encryption, and under the EU's roadmap, high-risk use cases come off quantum-vulnerable crypto by 2030. The other clock is AI: attackers run reconnaissance and lateral movement through agents faster than any human team. These things compound: HNDL (harvest now, decrypt later) means stolen data waits for Q-Day, and AI-speed attacks mean that data was already taken way before most teams noticed. The session works through the path into a PQC migration, what defending against a machine-speed attacker looks like day to day, and how much crypto-agility the next transition demands.

Tudor Damian

With over 20 years in the IT industry, Tudor is a Certified Ethical Hacker and Microsoft MVP who loves everything about technology. As a co-founder of D3 Cyber, he advises organizations on security strategy, AI & Cloud Governance, and EU regulatory compliance (NIS2, DORA, AI Act, CRA). Being a regular presence at local and international events, Tudor combines deep industry experience with a genuine passion for sharing knowledge. After hundreds of talks and training sessions, his goal remains the same: to help IT professionals cut through the noise and build effective strategies dealing with AI-driven threats, Post-Quantum Cryptography challenges, Zero Trust adoption, and an ever-growing EU regulatory landscape.