Tim Callan

And the timing is right for this.

Quantum Security Posture Management, QSPM, Tim.

QSPM, Quantum Security Posture Management.

So we know what CSPM is, right? Cloud Security Posture Management.

cryptography in particular.

Am I getting that right?

Yeah, you've got it, Tim.

I think it reaches the same audience, the same kinds of people who procure solutions for cloud security and have to understand, have to do a lot of things and bundle a lot of technologies in order to be able to secure the cloud and all that that means.

Tim, we've talked about cryptographically relevant quantum computers.

CRQC.

Yeah, and I think it's an important term because it kind of defines the point at which something like Shor's algorithm is viable.

This episode today is kind of a fun one because it's not the hardcore security.

They're all fun ones.

It's not the hardcore security, it's more about what's the real science that's also behind quantum computing? One of the things that inspired this, Tim, is some conversations I know you've had online, which people are asking, what's the point of spending all this money on quantum computing when it really doesn't do anything?

Right, or I've heard the argument be made, let me get this straight, we're making this brand new computing architecture, and the only real purpose of it is going to be to break our cryptography? And the response to that is no, right? Absolutely not.

And that isn't where it started.

Tim.

Yes.

A thank you so much for being here with me in Ottawa.

What does the physics not secure is the title of this podcast, essentially.

Okay.

So I think we might throw up some graphics during this podcast, Tim.

But I've got a little slide deck that you and I are going to talk through.

Okay.

Right?

Yeah, Tim.

Uh, so we reported on that in a previous episode.

Correct.

Uh, but in this case, it's good.

Let's, let's eliminate these things before they're in production.

Tim, thanks for that, and thanks for reaching out to, uh, Dr. Dustin Moody, and thank you, Dustin, for, uh-

Thanks, Dustin

Right.

So Tim, if you're a content developer, content distribution network, a CDN,

okay.

A cloud flare and Akamai.

right.

Thank you, Jay.

Thank you, Tim.

I think any of these regressive ideas, Anybody who's saying words like that fundamentally doesn't understand what PKI is doing for them.

Why do we have a cert rather than just a raw key pair, Tim?

Right.

Because you limit the risk window.

But because it works so resoundingly well, I think one of the things that can happen is we can just start to get cavalier about it.

And people are looking for ways to make their life easier.

And what really, here's my final thought on this, Tim.

It's very specifically something like shortening lifespans or lengthening the lifespans is a scale problem.