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Quantum Education Workshops for Law and Policy Professionals

Six specialist workshops covering the quantum security regulatory landscape, legal liability from cryptographically vulnerable data retention, export control obligations for quantum technology, PQC requirements for law firms, and digital evidence implications. Delivered by practitioners with direct legal and quantum technology experience.

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All sessions are configurable for your audience and delivered by practitioners with direct legal, policy, and quantum technology experience.

Quantum Security Regulatory Landscape: NIST, ETSI, and Global Standards

Half day In person or online

Structured briefing for legal counsel, compliance officers, and policy advisers on the emerging quantum security regulatory framework. Covers the NIST PQC finalised standards (FIPS 203, 204, 205), ETSI quantum cryptography standards, NSM-10 and NSM-8 obligations in the US, the EU Cybersecurity Act quantum dimensions, and how national quantum strategies are creating compliance obligations for critical infrastructure operators.

NIST FIPS 203, 204, 205: legal and compliance significance of the finalised standards
NSM-10 and NSM-8: US federal quantum cybersecurity migration obligations
EU Cybersecurity Act and NIS2 Directive: quantum security obligations for operators
ETSI EN 303 645 and quantum-related standards for IoT and network security
National quantum strategies and the compliance obligations they are generating

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Legal Liability from Cryptographically Vulnerable Data Retention

Half day In person or online

Examines the emerging legal exposure organisations face from retaining data protected by cryptography that will be vulnerable to quantum decryption. Covers the interaction between GDPR Article 32 security obligations and quantum risk, data retention legal requirements versus forward-looking cryptographic risk, and how organisations should document their quantum risk assessment to manage liability. Aimed at data protection officers, general counsel, and compliance leads.

GDPR Article 32 and state-of-the-art security: how quantum risk changes the obligation
Harvest-now-decrypt-later and the tort of future data exposure
Data retention schedules versus quantum decryption timelines: the legal tension
Documenting quantum risk assessment for liability management and regulatory audit
Insurance implications: cyber liability policy coverage for quantum-enabled breaches

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Quantum Cryptography Export Control: EAR, ITAR, and UK Export Control

Half day In person or online

Covers the export control classification of quantum cryptographic technologies including QKD systems, quantum random number generators, and post-quantum cryptographic software. Addresses US EAR ECCN classifications, ITAR applicability to quantum defence applications, UK Strategic Export Control Lists, and the Wassenaar Arrangement Annex treatment of quantum cryptography. Aimed at legal counsel and compliance teams at quantum technology companies and users.

EAR ECCN classification of QKD systems, QRNG devices, and PQC software
ITAR applicability to quantum technologies in defence and intelligence applications
UK Strategic Export Control List treatment of quantum cryptographic equipment
Wassenaar Arrangement dual-use controls and quantum technology classifications
Compliance programme design for quantum technology companies operating internationally

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Post-Quantum Cryptography Obligations for Law Firms and Legal Infrastructure

4 hours + Q&A In person or online Max 30 delegates

Practical session for law firm CISOs, IT directors, and managing partners. Covers the specific quantum cryptographic exposure of legal client data, privileged communications, and litigation document archives. Addresses Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board guidance trajectories, client confidentiality obligations under quantum threat, and PQC migration priorities for law firm IT infrastructure including document management systems and secure client portals.

Quantum threats to solicitor-client privilege and confidential communications
SRA and BSB regulatory trajectory on information security and quantum readiness
Cryptographic inventory methodology for law firm document management and collaboration
PQC migration for client-facing secure portals and matter management systems
Board governance and partner-level accountability for quantum security in law firms

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Quantum Computing and the Future of Digital Evidence and Forensics

Half day In person or online

Examines the implications of quantum computing for digital forensics and electronic evidence. Covers the admissibility challenges that arise when quantum-capable adversaries can break historical encryption, the impact on chain of custody for cryptographically authenticated evidence, quantum-enhanced pattern analysis in digital forensics, and the standards bodies addressing quantum implications for electronic signature law.

Admissibility challenges when quantum decryption breaks historically encrypted evidence
Chain of custody integrity: quantum threats to cryptographically authenticated evidence
Electronic signature law and quantum vulnerability in eIDAS and ESIGN frameworks
Quantum-enhanced pattern analysis tools in digital forensic investigation
Standards and policy gaps: where electronic evidence law has not yet caught up

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Quantum Policy Briefing for Legislators, Regulators, and Policy Advisers

4 hours + Q&A In person or online Max 30 delegates

Non-technical briefing for members of parliament, legislative staff, regulatory agency officials, and policy advisers. Covers the geopolitical dynamics of quantum technology competition, the national security implications of cryptographic vulnerability, the policy instruments available (standards mandates, procurement requirements, sector obligations), and the international coordination mechanisms including ITU, ETSI, NIST, and bilateral frameworks.

Quantum technology geopolitics: US, China, EU, and UK strategic positions
Cryptographic vulnerability as a national security issue: what policymakers need to know
Policy instruments for driving PQC adoption: standards mandates versus incentives
Critical infrastructure quantum risk: sector obligations and enforcement mechanisms
International coordination: ITU, ETSI, NIST, and bilateral quantum security frameworks

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