Mrs. Renata Spinks McNeil will now go over key and critical information that you should all know about when it comes to post quantum cryptography.

Thanks so much, Jordan.

And thank you all for being here on this Saturday to come in and talk about something I'm very passionate about, which is cybersecurity and definitely encryptions.

And you will be honored to know that I started out in the cybersecurity field not understanding or being able to grasp Diffie-Hellman, which is one of the foundational spaces and technologists of encryption.

I struggled, so I just wanted to let you know that if you are a person who is like, what is she talking about? Where does this word come from? It's fine, I started out that way as well.

I'm gonna give you some pointers that are educational based first, and then we're gonna have a conversation about not just post quantum cryptography, but the readiness.

How do we get ready for this thing? And when I say get ready, I mean, to be ready is late.

distance, yeah.

Why is representation and access, including initiatives, much like IBM HBCU Quantum Center, so critical in shaping the future quantum workforce and honoring the pioneers who opened these doors?

Well, I think the first part of that is honoring the pioneers.

There's always an opportunity to pay homage.

But whether we look at society today or the history that we've kind of traveled through from before I was born, of course, and many of us in here, but up until today, if we don't allow history to forward us into where we are today plus the future, we're going to be left behind.

I spent a lot of time in the Department of Defense, and most times in those classified environments that Dr. Seeley and I can't really talk about, we use that a lot.

We're gonna be left behind.

In some spaces, we're already behind.

What skills should they begin building today to prepare for that quantum

Why is representation and access, including initiatives, much like IBM HBCU Quantum Center, so critical in shaping the future quantum workforce and honoring the pioneers who opened these doors?

Well, I think the first part of that is honoring the pioneers.

There's always an opportunity to pay homage.

But whether we look at society today or the history that we've kind of traveled through from before I was born, of course, and many of us in here, but up until today, if we don't allow history to forward us into where we are today plus the future, we're going to be left behind.

I spent a lot of time in the Department of Defense, and most times in those classified environments that Dr. Seeley and I can't really talk about, we use that a lot.

We're gonna be left behind.

In some spaces, we're already behind.

What skills should they begin building today to prepare