Post-Quantum Readiness - by Anne Leslie (Paperback)

About the Book

Understand the complexity of the post-quantum transition, and engage more deliberately with both immediate and long-term post-quantum risk, including "harvest now, decrypt later" threats with this practical guide.

Book Synopsis

Prepare your organization for post-quantum risk including "harvest now, decrypt later" threats with confidence, control and strategic clarity.

Post-Quantum Readiness is an executive-level guide for senior leaders responsible for safeguarding enterprise resilience, governance and long-term security in the face of quantum disruption. Written by experienced tech and risk executive, Anne Leslie, this book provides a structured approach to help C-suite leaders, risk executives and technology decision-makers translate uncertainty into informed, organization-wide strategy.

This book equips you to:
- Identify critical services that must remain secure and operational
- Set impact tolerances aligned to enterprise risk appetite
- Govern a multi-year cryptographic transition with clear accountability
- Prioritize investments across legacy systems, vendors and platforms
- Position post-quantum readiness as a board-level strategic priority

Through real-world examples, this guide shows how to align cybersecurity, risk and business strategy while maintaining operational continuity. Explaining how to map the key dependencies such as data longevity, identity, vendors, platforms and legacy constraints that determine an organization's preparation, Post-Quantum Readiness enables you to make confident decisions, mitigate systemic risk and future-proof your organization.

Themes include: post-quantum cryptography, enterprise risk strategy, governance, quantum computing impact, board-level decision making, organizational resilience, cybersecurity

About the Author

Anne Leslie is an award-winning technology risk leader and Head of Cloud Risk at IBM. She previous held leadership roles at Pikcio, BearingPoint and Invoke. She works with senior leaders on governing complex, multi-year technology transitions and navigating emerging technology risk in conditions of uncertainty. Her work sits at the intersection of cybersecurity, enterprise risk management, regulatory compliance and board-level decision-making, with particular emphasis on sense-making, judgement and accountability in long-horizon transitions such as post-quantum cryptography. She is based in Paris, France.