The Unmanaged Risk: Eliminating Keys to Achieve True Digital Operational Resilience

Non-Disruptive Strategy for Low-Friction Compliance and Built-in Quantum-Readiness

Live Webinar | Tuesday, October 28, 2025 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT |

Agenda

11:00 a.m. (15 min)

Opening Keynote: Cryptographic Liability - Why Keys Are Your Single Biggest Threat to Operational Resilience

Speaker: Hamid Pishdadian, Founder/CEO/Chief Architect @ SQE.io

Focus: Exploring the tangible risks of “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later” (HNDL) attacks, the operational realities of PQC migration, and why cryptographic agility alone may not suffice. Introduction to SQE’s keyless architecture as a complementary option alongside NIST PQC for improved operational resilience without abandoning existing infrastructure.

11:15 a.m. (25 min)

Live Demo: Real-World Banking Security, Reinvented

Demo leads: Jake Rausch and Hamid Pishdadian @ SQE.io

Experience a step-by-step walkthrough of a modern ISO 20022 payment – the new global standard for fast, transparent, and information-rich transactions between banks. In this demo, you’ll see SQE’s platform securing a full payment journey from end-to-end, using typical banking hardware.

What makes this different?

• There are no encryption keys transmitted at any stage - instantly closing a major attack pathway exploited in many high-profile breaches.

• Using simple network forensics tools (like Wireshark), verify that sensitive security keys aren’t present for attackers to intercept.

• The result: A dramatic, visible reduction in the avenues for hackers or malicious insiders to compromise payment data, all without changing underlying banking systems or hardware.

Why it matters:
This keyless approach demonstrates how SQE's security integrates seamlessly with your existing environment. It doesn't require disruptive core system upgrades. It allows CISOs, CROs, and compliance leaders to implement proven, operationally transparent security immediately, fundamentally reducing your critical risk surface and regulatory exposure on day one.

11:40 a.m. (45 min)

Executive Decision Point: Crypto-Agility vs. Keyless Resilience - A Practical Playbook for NIST, PCI DSS and DORA Compliance

Financial institutions are under immense pressure to execute complex, multi-year cryptographic modernization programs to meet mandates like DORA, NIST PQC, and PCI DSS 4.0. This panel moves beyond theoretical timelines to explore the operational reality, resource constraints, and technical debt that impede enterprise-wide migration. We bring together diverse executive leadership voices spanning risk, compliance, innovation, and infrastructure to discuss the strategic choices facing the sector:

• The Cost of Complexity: Analyzing the performance trade-offs, budget implications, and implementation timelines associated with achieving full crypto-agility (the ability to swap algorithms quickly).

• Viable Alternatives for Core Systems: Hearing from regulators and technical leaders about non-disruptive cryptographic alternatives, such as keyless architecture, that drastically reduce the attack surface for long-lived data and legacy systems without requiring a costly "rip and replace" of core infrastructure.

• The Proportionality Principle: How cost-conscious financial institutions, regulators seeking viable alternatives, and critical infrastructure custodians can leverage technologies that materially prioritize operational resilience assurance while still providing a clear path to PQC standards adherence.

Attendees will leave with practical strategies for quantifying cryptographic risk and aligning their PQC strategy with immediate regulatory requirements - including OCC, FFIEC, OSFI B-13, DORA, and FCA/PRA operational resilience and cybersecurity expectations. These global mandates, alongside NIST’s evolving PQC standards, are now converging to define operational resilience, quantifiable cryptographic assurance, and proactive risk management as the new baseline for financial sector security leaders.

• Glenn Benson, Head of Security Architecture @ Santander

• Pawan Singh, Head of Engineering - Branch Technology @ Scotiabank (Pending)

• Simon Pont, Former CEO/COO @ ECR Retail Systems

• Jeremy Sheridan, Managing Director @ FTI Consulting (Pending)

• Bank of America Executive - (TBC)

• Financial Services Chief Information Security Officer: (TBC)

• Moderators: Rich Moore @ Cybersix, Denis Nwanshi @ NetraScale

1:00 p.m. (5 min)

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