Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defense
Episodes
Breaking Silos: Resilience as a Cross-Functional Mandate
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Quantum readiness is increasingly about execution. In this episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defense, host Jo Lintzen speaks with Carolina P...
Mapping the Supply Chain: A Faster Path to Organizational Resilience
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Post-quantum migration appears to be a technology problem from the outside. Inside a global financial institution, it looks like a coordination challe...
Why AI is accelerating both attackers and defenders: From MWC Barcelona
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial intelligence is reshaping cybersecurity on both sides of the battlefield. In this episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defense, host...
Your Inventory Dashboard is Not a Migration Strategy
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Post-quantum cryptography is often framed as an algorithm selection problem. Stefan Kölbl reframes it as something else entirely: a key management an...
Post-Quantum Negligence: When Inaction Becomes Legal Exposure
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Post-quantum risk is no longer a distant technical concern. It is an emerging legal exposure. In this episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defe...
Compliance Deadlines, Customer Reality, and the Case for (embedded) TLS1.3
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Post-quantum cryptography does not fail because the math is hard. It stalls because systems are old, upgrades feel risky, and organizations struggle t...
The End of Static Cryptography: What Leaders Must Understand Now
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Post-quantum cryptography changes the rules of cybersecurity. This special episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defense brings together experts...
Confidentiality vs Authentication: How Far the Web Has Actually Moved
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Post-quantum cryptography is not a future ambition. It is already embedded into the web’s core confidentiality protocols. In this episode of Shielde...
The Hidden Threat: Harvest-Now-Forge-Later and the Collapse of Digital Trust
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The timelines for post-quantum cryptography are tightening, and the real threat surface extends far beyond decrypting old data. In this episode of Shi...
Inside Microsoft’s Quantum Safe Program: Turning Policy into Practice
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Post-quantum security will reshape every system that depends on cryptography. In this episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defense, host Jo Lin...
Securing the Silicon: How HP Designed Quantum-Safe Hardware from the Ground Up
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hardware defines trust. If its cryptography fails, no amount of software protection can recover it. In this episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cybe...
Global Standards, Regional Variants: Designing for PQC Across Jurisdictions
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As quantum computing accelerates, organizations can no longer treat cryptographic migration as a distant technical task. Dr Richard Searle of Fortanix...
No-Regrets Migration: Why PKI Should Be Your First Move
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hardware security modules (HSMs) have quietly powered the digital economy for decades, but are they ready for the quantum era? In this episode of Shie...
Inventory, Agility, Reality: How FS-ISAC Sees the Path to PQC
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if quantum computing grabs the headlines, but the real risk is complacency about cryptography? In this episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cybe...
PQC vs. QKD: What Matters Now and What Can Wait
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Quantum threats may feel distant, but your migration shouldn’t be. In this episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defense, host Jo Lintzen talk...
3, 5 or 8 Years? The Realistic Timeline for Migration and the Task That Can’t Wait
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if quantum computing feels like a distant threat, but your timeline to prepare is already running out? In this episode of Shielded: The Last Line...
The Next Chapter in Securing the World's Internet
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to keep the world’s most widely used cryptographic library secure in the quantum era? In this episode of Shielded: The Last Line o...
Post-Quantum Prep Without the Panic: Don’t Delay Your Upgrade to TLS 1.3
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if quantum computing feels years away, but your migration to post-quantum cryptography needs to start today? In this episode of Shielded: The Las...
Designing for Breakage: What Cybersecurity Leaders Must Plan For
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if treating post-quantum cryptography like Y2K is your first and most dangerous mistake? In this episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defe...
From NIST Standards to Action: A Year of PQC Migration
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been one year since NIST finalized its post‑quantum cryptography (PQC) standards, a milestone that sparked urgency across government, industr...
Hardware Is the Hidden Risk: Ferhat Yaman on PQC, Side-Channel Attacks, and AI Privacy
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if your hardware is leaking secrets before your software even boots? In this episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defense, Johannes Lintze...
The biggest risk to PQC migration is you (and other humans)
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the biggest threat to your cybersecurity strategy isn’t quantum computing, but humans? In this episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber D...
The Crypto Agility Paradox: When Hardware Becomes Your Security Bottleneck
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you prepare for post-quantum cryptography when your devices will still be in the field 20 years from now? In this episode of Shielded: The Last...
NCSC proposes its PQC transition timeline to UK Policy makers: guiding the UK to a quantum-safe future
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Quantum readiness isn’t about “predicting when,” it’s about “preparing now.” In this episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defense, ...
Your Hardware Refresh Is a Quantum Deadline with Mamta Gupta
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You can’t patch your way out of quantum exposure, especially when your hardware refresh cycle is a cryptographic deadline. In this episode of Shield...
HSMs and PQC Migration: Are We There Yet?
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special RSA 2025 edition of Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defense, host Johannes Lintzen gathers four leading voices from the world of hard...
From Awareness to Action: The Blueprint for Quantum-Resilient Security | Garfield Jones
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Quantum threats aren’t hypothetical, they’re operational risks hiding in your cryptographic stack. In this episode of Shielded: The Last Line of C...
Your Cryptography is stuck in 2010 - How to Catch Up | Hart Montgomery
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your cryptography may be stuck in 2010, and attackers are betting on it. In this episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defense, host Johannes Li...
How to Build Your 12-Month Post-Quantum Strategy With NIST's Dustin Moody
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The countdown has begun: by 2035, all public-key cryptography must be quantum-safe. Are you ready? In this episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber...
The Quantum-Safe Playbook: How Signal Protected Billions with a Lean Team
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Quantum threats aren’t coming—they’re already here. In this episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defense, host Johannes Lintzen talks wit...
Inside Cloudflare's Post-Quantum Journey: Bas Westerbaan on Real-World Implementation
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is your organization truly prepared for the post-quantum era? In the premier episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defense, host Johannes Lintze...
Trailer
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defense, the podcast that explores the urgent need for quantum-ready cybersecurity. Hosted by Jo Lintzen, ...