Visionaries and organizations driving the global transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography.
Visionaries and organizations driving the global transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography.
leaders_03292026.csv • Updated: 3/29/2026
71 leaders
"Specialist in lattice-based cryptography security proofs. Key contributions to post-quantum anonymous credentials (CRYPTO 2023) and practical post-quantum privacy signatures (ACM CCS 2024). PhD from ENS de Lyon under Damien Stehlé."
"Principal Security Architect at PQStation and leading contributor to the open-source PQC ecosystem; Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) member at OpenSSL Foundation; TAC Vice Chair at LF Post Quantum Cryptography Alliance (PQCA); Technical Steering Committee (TSC) member at CBOMkit; Director at NgKore Foundation; co-author of 3GPP technical report on quantum-safe 5G and holder of a patent on quantum-safe SUPI (Subscriber Permanent Identifier) protection; ACM CCS paper author on quantum-safe network protocols; creator of the Qvision product for PQC visibility; author of quantum-safe blog series and technical articles; speaker at OpenSSL Conference, ACM CCS, Luminari Conference, and Linux Foundation DTF Days."
"Vice Chair of the PKI Consortium and Policy Authority for PKI at Logius (Dutch Ministry of Internal Affairs); co-founded the PKI Consortium's annual PQC Conference series, a major international forum for PQC standardisation and adoption. Active member of the Dutch government's quantum-safe cryptography working group; teaches quantum-safe digital infrastructure governance at TU Delft."
"NSA cryptographer and co-author of RFC 9763, specifying algorithm identifiers for ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA for use with the Commercial National Security Algorithm Suite 2.0 (CNSA 2.0); contributes to NSA public guidance on quantum-safe cryptography."
"NIST Computer Security Division researcher and co-author of NIST SP 800-131A Revision 3, providing guidance on transitioning cryptographic key lengths and algorithms to post-quantum standards across U.S. federal systems."
"Full Professor at Linköping University and adjunct professor at Aalto University and University of Helsinki; research in network security and PQC protocol design; contributes to quantum-safe communications standards."
"Project lead for NIST NCCoE PQC migration practice guides (SP 1800-38 series); co-authored NIST IR 8547 on interoperability and FIPS 203/204/205 adoption; drives federal agency quantum-safe readiness."
"Leads Thales PQC Partner Ecosystem and Quantum-Safe 360 Alliance (with IBM Consulting, Keyfactor, Quantinuum) to accelerate enterprise quantum-safe migrations; 30+ years of cybersecurity expertise driving crypto-agility readiness."
"Public interest technology fellow; cybersecurity thought leader; extensive writing on quantum threats and PQC transition; advocate for open standards."
"Professor at Universität Bremen and leading IETF contributor; co-author of CBOR (Concise Binary Object Representation), CoAP (Constrained Application Protocol), and RFC 7228 defining IoT constraints taxonomy; his compact encoding standards enable PQC in constrained devices."
"Board Chair of the PKI Consortium and founding member of both the CA/Browser Forum and PKI Consortium; a 25+ year digital trust and PKI veteran driving industry-wide quantum-safe readiness. Former SVP at Entrust; advocates urgently for rapid collective migration to post-quantum encryption, stating "We have no choice but to transition quickly and collectively.""
"Since July 2023 led BSI's quantum-safe initiatives; initiated joint PQC statement with 18 EU member states (Nov 2024); oversaw world-first quantum-secure ID card with Bundesdruckerei, G+D, and Infineon (Nov 2025)."
"Active co-author in the IETF LAMPS Working Group and originator of the Chameleon Certificates Internet-Draft (draft-bonnell-lamps-chameleon-certs), which enables paired classical/PQC certificate structures for phased quantum migration. He co-authored the IETF PQC for Engineers guidance document and contributes to standardizing how ML-DSA, SLH-DSA, and composite algorithms are encoded in X.509 certificates. He represents DigiCert in CA/Browser Forum, X9, and IETF standards bodies."
"Co-designed ML-KEM (CRYSTALS-Kyber) and ML-DSA (CRYSTALS-Dilithium), two of three NIST PQC standards published in 2024. Founded CryptoLab's Lyon research center. ERC grant recipient for lattice-based cryptography research (LattAC project)."
"Coined the term "post-quantum cryptography" (2003); co-designed SPHINCS+ (now FIPS 205 / SLH-DSA, NIST standard) with Andreas Hülsing and team; co-designed Classic McEliece (NIST on-ramp finalist, oldest studied code-based KEM); co-designed NTRU Prime; creator of Curve25519, ChaCha20/Poly1305, and NaCl/libsodium cryptographic library."
"Co-founded the Legion of the Bouncy Castle in 2000 — one of the most widely used open-source cryptographic API libraries in Java and C# — which integrated full NIST PQC standard support (ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA) through 2024. He led the FIPS 140-2/3 certifications of Bouncy Castle's Java and C# APIs and presents extensively on hybrid PQC techniques, stateless PQC digital signatures, and Key Encapsulation Mechanisms. His work makes enterprise-grade PQC accessible to millions of developers globally."
"Lead author of draft-ietf-tls-hybrid-design (TLS 1.3 hybrid key exchange); co-author of ECDHE-MLKEM drafts; foundational PQC TLS research."
"Led NIST's eight-year standardization effort; oversaw evaluation of 82 algorithms; directed finalization of FIPS 203/204/205 (Aug 2024); selected HQC (Mar 2025)."
"Associate Professor at Sorbonne Université affiliated with LIP6/CNRS; PQCrypto steering committee member; contributes to international PQC standardization and research on algebraic and post-quantum cryptography."
"Associate Research Scientist at QuICS (University of Maryland) and Guest Researcher at NIST; co-editor of NISTIR 8413 on quantum security; extensive work on quantum algorithms and PQC security proofs."
"CEO of GIP ACYMA which operates cybermalveillance.gouv.fr; leads France's national cyber victim assistance platform; promotes quantum-safe awareness for SMEs and individuals."
"Charles Phelps Taft Distinguished Professor Emeritus at University of Cincinnati; Dean of the School of Mathematics and Physics at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU); co-designer of RAINBOW (broken by Ward Beullens 2022); expert in multivariate cryptography."
"Founder of European PQC research; established TU Darmstadt's cryptography group; extensive contributions to code-based and lattice cryptography education."
"Co-architect of NIST's PQC standardization; co-authored foundational NISTIR 8105; 30+ years cryptography experience; leads NIST-ITU liaison."
"Professor of Cybersecurity and Chair of Cryptography at King's College London; Research Scientist at SandboxAQ; leading PQC cryptanalysis expert who broke several NIST PQC candidates during the standardization process."
"Cryptanalysis expert at University of San Diego Crypto Group; discovered vulnerabilities in RSA and random number generation; PQC security analysis."
"Research on PQC in real-world protocols; contributor to secure messaging systems; extensive work on hybrid encryption schemes."
"Focuses on quantum-safe protocols and implementations; research on PQC in constrained environments; contributor to IoT security standards."
"Leading quantum computing theorist; contributes to understanding quantum threats to cryptography; authored 'Quantum Computing Since Democritus'."
"Presented BSI's PQC policy at international conferences; developed recommendations for FrodoKEM, Classic McEliece, XMSS, LMS."
"Principal designer of both Kyber (ML-KEM) and Dilithium (ML-DSA); authored foundational lattice cryptography tutorials."
"VP of Cryptographic Technology at Keyfactor (InfoSec Global); leads cryptographic R&D with focus on PQC, Cryptographic Agility, and Cryptographic Discovery & Analytics; Ph.D. from University of Waterloo under David Jao specializing in cryptography; contributor to NCCoE, NIST, and Quantum-Safe Canada government PQC initiatives; published at PQCrypto, Financial Cryptography, and the Journal of Mathematical Cryptology; member of CryptoWorks21 and Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research."
"NIST researcher and co-author of NIST SP 800-131A Revision 3, guiding federal agencies on transitioning cryptographic key lengths and algorithms to post-quantum standards; long-time contributor to NIST SP 800-57 key management recommendations."
"CTO at Thales leading the team that co-designed FALCON (FIPS 206); Thales lab co-author of FALCON signature algorithm selected by NIST as PQC standard after six-year competition; research background in fault attacks and cryptographic implementations."
"Designs EU-wide PQC deployment policy at DG CNECT; co-leads the NIS cooperation group PQC workstream coordinating member-state quantum-safe transitions; bridges quantum physics research with cryptographic security policy including EuroQCI."
"Professor at H-BRS and prolific IETF contributor; co-author of JOSE PQC KEM draft, DTLS 1.3 (RFC 9147), SUIT firmware update protocol (RFC 9019), and IoT device authentication standards; instrumental in bringing post-quantum cryptography to constrained IoT and embedded environments."
"Pioneer in financial-sector PQC adoption; leads Santander's quantum-safe cryptography strategy; active in ETSI QSC working group and IBM Quantum Network; promotes quantum risk awareness across global banking."
"Lead co-author of the IETF LAMPS Composite ML-DSA and Composite ML-KEM Internet-Drafts, which define how hybrid classical+PQC algorithms are encoded in X.509 certificates and CMS structures. His composite certificate standards work — together with Mike Ounsworth at Entrust — was adopted into the IETF standards track and represents the primary industry path for backward-compatible PQC certificate migration. He has published 3 RFCs and maintains 9+ active Internet-Drafts across LAMPS and related working groups."
"NIST cryptographer and co-author of the NIST PQC Standardization status reports (NIST IR 8413, 8545) documenting the selection of ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA, and HQC; contributor to key derivation standards (NIST SP 800-56C R2); a foundational contributor to the decade-long NIST PQC standardization process."
"Oversaw publication of key ENISA PQC reports (2021-2022); hosted Threathunt 2030 Conference; coordinated EU-wide PQC guidance."
"Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Department of Defense; issued the DoD PQC Migration Memo (2025) directing DoD components to begin preparing for migration to post-quantum cryptography; driving federal PQC adoption across the defense industrial base and supply chain."
"Cryptographer and engineer at PQShield specializing in PQC implementations; creator of PQShield PQCryptoLib-Core (FIPS-certified), PQCryptoLib-SDK, and PQMicroLib-Core targeting embedded and general-purpose environments; co-author of the IETF hybrid ECDHE-ML-KEM key agreement draft for TLS 1.3 and the IETF PQC migration guidance draft; contributor to the NIST NCCoE PQC Migration practice guide (SP 1800-38C)."
"NIST cryptographer and co-author of NIST SP 800-56C Revision 2 (Key-Derivation Methods in Key-Establishment Schemes) and NIST SP 800-108 Revision 1 (Key Derivation using PRFs); her work on key derivation standards underpins post-quantum key management implementations and hybrid classical/PQC key establishment in federal systems."
"NSA Technical Director and co-author of RFC 9763 defining algorithm identifiers for post-quantum algorithms in CNSA 2.0; contributor to NSA public guidance on quantum-safe cryptography transitions for national security systems."
"First-ever NCSC CTO (Oct 2023); published three-phase PQC migration roadmap (Mar 2025) with 2035 deadline: identify by 2028, upgrade by 2031, complete by 2035; launched assured PQC consultancy scheme; endorsed NIST algorithms."
"Chairs the PKI Consortium's Post-Quantum Cryptography Working Group and co-organises the annual PQC Conference series. Authored the PQC Maturity Model (PQCMM), a practical framework adopted by governments and enterprises to assess quantum-readiness and plan migration strategies. Founder and CEO of Digitorus with 25+ years in PKI and digital trust."
"Co-designer of FALCON (FN-DSA), NIST's lattice-based signature standard. Leads the CAPSULE team at IRISA/Inria focused on embedded security and cryptography. Coordinates the PQ-TLS project developing post-quantum HTTPS protocols."
"Creator of asecuritysite.com with 30+ books and 400+ research papers on PQC; OBE for services to cybersecurity (2017); FRSE; Top 2% of scientists globally (Stanford 2025); Times Higher Education 'Most Innovative Teacher' 2023; vocal advocate for FIPS 203/204/205 adoption."
"Team leader and primary submitter for SPHINCS+; inventor of WOTS+ and XMSS; extensive publications on hash-based signatures."
"Co-designer of Kyber and Dilithium; developed security proofs for lattice-based schemes."
"Co-designer of HQC; expertise in coding theory and efficient error-correcting codes."
"Led ITU-T SG17 security standardization including QKD and PQC work for 7 years."
"Co-designer of Kyber, Dilithium, NewHope, Frodo; leading expert on lattice cryptanalysis; USENIX/Facebook Internet Defense Prize recipient."
"PC Chair of ETSI/IQC Quantum Safe events; founder of IQC; global PQC advocacy leader; developed Mosca's theorem for quantum risk assessment."
"Associate Professor at Florida Atlantic University; Director of the Center for Cryptology and Information Security; PQCrypto steering committee member; expert in code-based PQC algorithm development and lattice cryptography."
"Inventor of Learning With Errors (LWE, 2005) — the foundational hard problem underlying ML-KEM (Kyber) and ML-DSA (Dilithium); proved quantum reduction establishing LWE hardness; 2018 Gödel Prize for LWE work; ACM Fellow 2025; foundational figure in lattice-based cryptography theory."
"Full Professor of Cryptology at TU Eindhoven; co-designed NTRU Prime (NIST on-ramp finalist) with Daniel Bernstein; co-authored Classic McEliece papers; co-organized the inaugural PQCrypto workshop (2006) and chairs its steering committee; Scientific Director of Ei/PSI (Eindhoven Institute for Protection of Systems and Information); ERC grant recipient for post-quantum research."
"NIST cryptographer and co-author of NIST IR 8413 (Third Round PQC Status Report) and NIST SP 800-56C Revision 2; contributes to NIST key management and post-quantum standardization research; her technical work on key derivation methods supports quantum-safe cryptographic implementations across federal infrastructure."
"Director-General of ASD (2020–Sep 2024); oversaw Australia's PQC strategy and quantum computing investments; coordinated Five Eyes quantum security initiatives; succeeded by Abigail Bradshaw (Sep 2024)."
"NSA cryptographer and co-author of RFC 9763, establishing the algorithm identifiers for ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA used in federal CNSA 2.0 implementations; contributes to standards underpinning U.S. national security PQC migration."
"Professor at Télécom Paris and contributor to ETSI GS QKD 012 (Device and Communication Channel Parameters); active in ETSI QKD Industry Specification Group driving interoperability standards for quantum key distribution networks; his research bridges theoretical QKD security proofs and practical network deployment."
"Canada's Senior Official for Cyber Security (from Sep 2024); former Head of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS); led Canadian cybersecurity strategy including PQC transition guidance; published ITSAP.00.017 on quantum-safe migration."
"University of Waterloo researcher specializing in quantum algorithm resource estimation for cryptanalysis; his work on precise qubit and gate count benchmarks for quantum attacks on classical cryptosystems informs security parameter selection for NIST PQC standard algorithms and global migration timeline planning."
"Founding member of the FS-ISAC Post-Quantum Cryptography Working Group, representing the financial sector's largest global coordination effort on quantum migration readiness. As Chief Cybersecurity Architect at Citi with over 20 years of cryptographic architecture experience, she leads enterprise-scale PQC adoption strategy at one of the world's largest financial institutions. She also serves as International Project Leader at ISO for smart contract and blockchain security standardization, and speaks internationally on PQC readiness in regulated industries."
"NIST NCCoE project lead and co-author of NIST SP 800-82 Revision 3 (Guide to Operational Technology Security); key contributor to guidance on OT/ICS PQC migration for critical infrastructure sectors including energy, manufacturing, and transportation."
"Senior cybersecurity consultant at Keyfactor specialising in PKI automation and PQC readiness; leads quantum-safe migration strategy for enterprise clients. Hosts the KEYMASTER educational video series covering practical PQC implementation including hybrid certificates, ML-DSA/SLH-DSA signatures, and NIST SP 800-227 KEM guidance. Active presenter at PKI Consortium PQC Conferences."
"Senior Researcher at SECOM specializing in cryptographic key management, PQC migration planning, and policy standardization, with IETF contributions including RFC 9336 (X.509 Extended Key Usage for document signing). He contributes to IETF PQC certificate migration guidance and the IETF Hackathon's pqc-certificates interoperability project, and co-authored a 2025 academic paper on the grand challenges of PQC blockchain migration. He is a regular speaker at international forums including the PKI Consortium PQC Conference and FS-ISAC APAC Summit."
"Leads Luna HSMs and High Speed Encryptors; launched PQC Starter Kit with Quantinuum (Jan 2024); Thales co-authored FALCON algorithm."
"Created EJBCA, the world's leading open-source enterprise PKI software, which now supports all NIST-standardized PQC algorithms (ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA). As Chief PKI Officer at Keyfactor and co-founder of PrimeKey, he has been a central voice on hybrid certificate migration and practical PQC readiness for enterprise PKI. He actively presents at global conferences and contributes to the PKI Consortium PQC working groups."
"Led overall French PQC strategy; ANSSI to require PQC in all products for qualification from 2027; oversaw first PQC certifications (Thales MultiApp 5.2, Samsung S3SSE2A, 2025); IPsec DR PQC update planned 2026."
"Researcher who published a 2024 paper proposing a quantum algorithm that appeared to threaten the security of lattice-based cryptographic schemes underlying ML-KEM and ML-DSA; the work (later found to have a flaw) prompted NIST to intensify security analysis of finalized PQC standards and underscored the importance of ongoing cryptographic research for quantum-safe migration."
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