screenshot taken from: https://www.digicert.com/trust-lifecycle-manager
When
Thursday, 5th March 2026, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Where
Concept Reply Office, Luise-Ullrich-Strasse 14, Munich, Germany
Hosting Organization
Munich IoT Meetup
Participation Fee
Free Entrance
Agenda
Host Intro, Talk, Demo, Pizza & Socializing
Topics Covered
Global Attendees & Parallel Event Taking Place (Host Intro), Rising Regulatory Pressure and Preparing IoT for the Post-Quantum Cryptographic Era (Talk), Testing the Waters of PQC with DigiCert’s TrustEdge Command Line Tool (Demo)
I’ve learned something today
- A trust anchor is the implicitly trusted root of a cryptographic trust chain, often a self signed root certificate or hardware root of trust used to verify digital identities in a public key infrastructure. In IoT devices it is typically embedded in hardware or firmware and used to authenticate devices and verify firmware updates. In the post quantum cryptography era this is critical because if quantum computers break algorithms like RSA or ECC, attackers could forge firmware signatures and compromise all devices that trust that root.
- A widely held belief in the cybersecurity community is that the first cryptographically relevant quantum computer will likely be developed by a nation-state and kept hidden from the public.
- Standard-setting bodies like the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are not trying to precisely predict when large-scale quantum computers will break current cryptography. Instead, they set policy deadlines for when Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) must be implemented, using government procurement requirements to force the transition regardless of the exact timing of the quantum threat.
- The “Panorama of IoT Cyber Security Regulations Across the World” (see https://cetome.com/panorama) by Dr. Cédric Lévy-Bencheton (cetome) is a global overview and comparison of national and regional regulations for Internet-of-Things (IoT) cybersecurity. It compiles and analyzes how different countries regulate security requirements for IoT products entering the market.
- The 2025 Trust Summit Roadshow, organized by DigiCert, brought together industry leaders and experts to discuss digital trust challenges such as PKI modernization, post-quantum cryptography, regulatory developments, and AI impacts. It served as a forum for sharing strategies to improve cryptographic agility, secure software supply chains, and strengthen trust in digital infrastructure and connected devices.
- Post-quantum cryptography introduces significantly larger keys and handshake messages, which can increase bandwidth consumption and fragment TLS handshakes across multiple packets. This can create interoperability issues with existing network infrastructure (e.g., WAFs and firewalls) that were not designed to handle fragmented ClientHello messages.
- The venue was situated in the same building as the German office of The Walt Disney Company:
picture taken at venue
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