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High-Integrity Supply Chain Verification

Verification frameworks for intelligence community supply chains: hardware provenance, firmware integrity, and sourcing risk.

Full day (6 hours)
Certificate on completion

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Entopya
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Course Overview

For intelligence procurement and technical security leads. Covers quantum-enhanced hardware authentication, PUF technology for device verification, PQC signing for firmware integrity, and tamper detection for intelligence community equipment and infrastructure.

Curriculum

Course content is structured into sessions below. Each session is configurable to your organisation's environment, threat model, and objectives.

# Session Topics
1 Intelligence Supply Chain Threat Landscape Documented attacks and adversary capabilities
  • Supply chain attack case studies relevant to intelligence organisations
  • Quantum computing threat to existing PKI-based firmware verification
  • Intelligence-specific requirements: chain of custody, TEMPEST, and compartmented equipment handling
2 Hardware Authentication Technologies PUFs, quantum tokens, and device fingerprinting for intelligence equipment
  • SRAM PUFs for encryption device authentication: unique fingerprints from manufacturing variation
  • Optical PUFs for tamper-evident physical seals on intelligence equipment
  • Quantum token concepts: exploiting no-cloning theorem for provenance verification
  • Challenge-response authentication protocols for field verification of intelligence equipment
Break
3 Cryptographic Integrity for Intelligence Systems PQC signing and attestation for firmware and software
  • ML-DSA (FIPS 204) for firmware signing: verification speed and signature size considerations
  • SLH-DSA (FIPS 205) for long-lived root certificates in intelligence equipment PKI
  • Hybrid signature schemes during PQC transition: maintaining verification with legacy systems
  • Attestation chain design for intelligence community compartmented equipment
4 Interactive Demonstration End-to-end equipment verification pipeline
  • Facilitator-led walkthrough of intelligence equipment verification: PUF enrolment, attestation, custody tracking
  • Tamper detection assessment: identifying physical and firmware integrity compromise indicators
  • Comparing classical versus PQC verification pipeline performance and security guarantees
Break
5 Implementation for Intelligence Organisations Building quantum-resilient equipment verification
  • Integration with intelligence community procurement and logistics processes
  • Vendor assessment: PUF providers, PQC libraries, and attestation platform options
  • Phased deployment: pilot programme design for high-value intelligence equipment classes
6 Case Studies: Intelligence Equipment Assurance Published approaches to supply chain integrity
  • US IC supply chain risk management frameworks and quantum readiness
  • Five Eyes equipment assurance coordination and shared evaluation standards
7 Q&A and Implementation Planning

Designed and Delivered By

Training courses are designed and delivered by QSECDEF in collaboration with subject specialists. All instructors have direct experience in quantum technologies and security.

QD

Quantum Security Defence

Course design and delivery

QSECDEF brings expertise in post-quantum cryptography, quantum computing strategy, and defence-grade security assessment. Our membership spans 900+ organisations and 1,500+ professionals working at the intersection of quantum technologies and critical infrastructure security.

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