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To continue exploring the themes discussed during the Trust Horizon event, our speakers have shared a selection of recommended reading.
What Every Board Member and Executive Needs to Know to Lead in the Quantum Era
Published by LDIQ.
Also available in French:
Comment quantique : Ce que les administrateurs et dirigeants doivent savoir à l’ère quantique
Global Timelines for Post-Quantum Cryptography and Why They Matter
Published by the Charter of Trust.
Louise Davey, Quantum Readiness Leader, Board Director and Founder at LDIQ, highlighted this Charter of Trust publication:
“Decrypting the Future makes the case that PQC migration is already overdue, not merely approaching.”
By E. M. Forster
Recommended by Robert Burns, Chief Security Officer at Thales:
“I come back to this book often because it offers remarkably prescient visions of future technology, while reminding us to keep our humanity at the centre of innovation.”
By Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Recommended by Dr Michele Mosca, Co-founder, President, and CEO at EvolutionQ Inc.:
“It’s a powerful reminder that institutions often underestimate unpredictable but high-impact technological shifts—something especially relevant today with AI, cyber dependencies and quantum advances.”
Listen to Sebastien Cano, SVP, Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing, as he shares exclusive insights into the added benefits Thales can offer you.
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BOOK A MEETINGListen to Sebastien Cano, SVP, Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing, as he shares exclusive insights into the added benefits Thales can offer you.
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| 14:00 | Opening & Welcome |
| 14:05 |
The Next Wave: Top 5 Trends 2026-2030
This session covers emerging trends already influencing board scrutiny, cybersecurity spend, and regulatory agendas, such as Adversarial AI, Post-Quantum Threats, Cloud Sovereignty, and Trust Speakers: Dr Arthur Langer, Technology Leadership Expert and Professor at Northeastern University Jon-Rav Shende, CTO, Data Security, Thales Blair Canavan, Director Alliances, PQC Portfolio, Thales Tim Chang, Global VP & GM Imperva Application Security, Thales Todd Moore, Global VP & GM of Data Security, Thales |
| 15:00 |
Chic Conversations: In The Groove with Nile Rodgers
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| 15:30 |
Peers Insights: Live Panel
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| 15:50 | What's Coming for Thales Customers in 2026 + Closing Remarks |
| 16:00 | Close |

Cybersecurity Executive, Academic Leader, and Board Advisor
Arthur M. Langer is a renowned expert in cybersecurity leadership, digital transformation, and advanced technology strategy, with over 40 years of experience across academia, consulting, public advisory, and nonprofit sectors. He specializes in helping senior executives and boards convert complex cybersecurity risks into actionable business and governance strategies.
Currently, Dr. Langer is the Associate Vice Provost and Director of the Center for Technology Management & Digital Leadership at Northeastern University, and a Professor of the Practice at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business. His prior senior roles include leadership positions at Columbia University, where he advanced executive education in cybersecurity, AI risk, cloud strategy, and digital resilience.
As a trusted advisor to corporate leaders, Dr. Langer has delivered global keynotes and executive briefings on cybersecurity governance, zero-trust architecture, AI-driven threats, and cyber resilience across sectors such as finance, healthcare, government, energy, and critical infrastructure. He emphasizes cybersecurity as a strategic business priority, a perspective reflected in his widely cited publications.
Dr. Langer has authored over a dozen influential books and numerous peer-reviewed articles on cybersecurity leadership and digital risk. He is also Founder and Chairman of Workforce Opportunity Services (WOS), a nonprofit developing diverse, cyber-ready talent pipelines that promote economic mobility and organizational security.
Holding a Doctorate from Columbia University, an MBA, and a Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Dr. Langer combines deep technical expertise with organizational insight, serving on various boards and continuing to shape global cybersecurity practices.

Todd Moore is the head of the Data Security Products portfolio at Thales Cyber Security Products, where he drives the strategy for the company’s industry-leading data encryption portfolio. Moore is a respected cybersecurity professional with more than 20 years of experience helping enterprises protect their most sensitive data and applications. He is a growth leader who routinely develops business cases and market analysis for new product investments, demonstrated capability to develop competitive strategies, and build teams from the ground up and negotiate strategic relationships and alliances.
Previously he was Senior Vice President for Encryption Products at Gemalto prior to its acquisition by Thales. Before that he was Vice President of Encryption products at SafeNet before its acquisition by Gemalto. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Product Management for the Federal Market at SafeNet where he focused on high-speed link encryption, high assurance authentication, cross domain solutions and cybersecurity. Before joining SafeNet, he was a director of product management at Harris Corporation.
Todd holds a Master’s of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology, a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer & Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and a Bachelor’s of Art in Physics & Mathematics from Ithaca College

Jon-Rav Shende is a global technology and business leader with over 20 years of expertise in data management, cloud services, AI/ML, cybersecurity, and digital SOC modernization. Beginning his career with Oil & Gas SCADA systems, he has witnessed and contributed to the enterprise technology evolution—from on-premises to cloud, virtualization to hyperscale, and machine learning to agentic AI.
Currently serving as CTO for Data and a member of the AI team at Thales, Jon-Rav brings deep experience advising executives on data modernization, AI strategy, cybersecurity engineering, and AI security. He helps shape data security, AI trust architectures, and governance for global enterprises.

Blair has 35+ years of cybersecurity sales, marketing and business development expertise. Blair’s cybersecurity and cryptographic career began with Symantec, followed by Chrysalis-ITS (Thales), Titus (Fortra), Black Duck (Synopsys), InfoSec Global (Keyfactor) and Crypto4A. Blair was recruited back to Thales’ Global Technology Alliances team in 2019, tasked with the development and curation of the PKI and Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) portfolio.
He is an avid presenter, webinar host and global PQC industry contributor, including the founder of Thales’ PQC Palooza events held during the RSA Conference. Blair holds an Hons.BA Co-op from the University of Waterloo and Business Option from Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada.

Tim Chang is Global Vice President and General Manager of Application Security for the Cyber Security Products business line at Thales. In this role, Tim is responsible for leading the global product team and go to market strategy of the application security portfolio. Tim is a seasoned cyber security professional with a focus on staying at the forefront of the latest technologies and cyber security trends to enable customers and partners to defend against complex threats with effective, efficient and innovative application security solutions.
Prior to this role, Tim served as the Global Vice President of Sales Engineering at Imperva, where he led a team of experts responsible for driving the revenue growth of Imperva’s industry leading Web Application and API security solutions. Before Imperva, Tim was a team lead at HPE supporting the growth of HPE’s big data technologies and machine learning based information governance solutions. Tim is based in the U.S. and is a graduate of Stanford University.
With over two decades of cybersecurity leadership in financial services, Jay brings deep expertise in encryption, risk mitigation, and compliance. As a former leader at JPMorgan Chase, he managed global teams and drove strategic security programs that strengthened resilience and ensured regulatory alignment across the enterprise.
Throughout Jay’s career, he led teams responsible for safeguarding critical areas including PCI DSS/PIN compliance, Data Protection, Payment Key Management, Vendor Management, and Sarbanes-Oxley. Jay is passionate about building security strategies that not only protect data but also enable business growth and trust in an increasingly complex digital landscape.
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BOOK A MEETINGWe redefine how sensitive data is secured from knowing where it is, who has access to it, and when abuse occurs in real-time, to protecting it in all environments whether at rest, in motion, or in use.
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BOOK A MEETINGWe protect modern and hybrid applications against advanced and multi-vector attacks regardless of where they are running.
BOOK A MEETINGWe redefine how sensitive data is secured from knowing where it is, who has access to it, and when abuse occurs in real-time, to protecting it in all environments whether at rest, in motion, or in use.
BOOK A MEETINGSeamless, secure and trusted access online for customers, employees and partners.
BOOK A MEETINGWe protect modern and hybrid applications against advanced and multi-vector attacks regardless of where they are running.
BOOK A MEETINGWe redefine how sensitive data is secured from knowing where it is, who has access to it, and when abuse occurs in real-time, to protecting it in all environments whether at rest, in motion, or in use.
BOOK A MEETINGSeamless, secure and trusted access online for customers, employees and partners.
BOOK A MEETINGWe protect modern and hybrid applications against advanced and multi-vector attacks regardless of where they are running.
BOOK A MEETINGWe redefine how sensitive data is secured from knowing where it is, who has access to it, and when abuse occurs in real-time, to protecting it in all environments whether at rest, in motion, or in use.
BOOK A MEETINGSeamless, secure and trusted access online for customers, employees and partners.
BOOK A MEETINGWe protect modern and hybrid applications against advanced and multi-vector attacks regardless of where they are running.
BOOK A MEETINGWe redefine how sensitive data is secured from knowing where it is, who has access to it, and when abuse occurs in real-time, to protecting it in all environments whether at rest, in motion, or in use.
BOOK A MEETINGSeamless, secure and trusted access online for customers, employees and partners.
BOOK A MEETINGWe redefine how sensitive data is secured from knowing where it is, who has access to it, and when abuse occurs in real-time, to protecting it in all environments whether at rest, in motion, or in use.
BOOK A MEETINGEnsure online users are who they claim to be, and protect against identity fraud.
BOOK A MEETINGSeamless, secure and trusted access online for customers, employees and partners.
BOOK A MEETINGWe redefine how sensitive data is secured from knowing where it is, who has access to it, and when abuse occurs in real-time, to protecting it in all environments whether at rest, in motion, or in use.
BOOK A MEETINGWe redefine how sensitive data is secured from knowing where it is, who has access to it, and when abuse occurs in real-time, to protecting it in all environments whether at rest, in motion, or in use.
BOOK A MEETINGEnsure online users are who they claim to be, and protect against identity fraud.
BOOK A MEETINGSeamless, secure and trusted access online for customers, employees and partners.
BOOK A MEETINGWe redefine how sensitive data is secured from knowing where it is, who has access to it, and when abuse occurs in real-time, to protecting it in all environments whether at rest, in motion, or in use.
BOOK A MEETINGWe redefine how sensitive data is secured from knowing where it is, who has access to it, and when abuse occurs in real-time, to protecting it in all environments whether at rest, in motion, or in use.
BOOK A MEETINGWe redefine how sensitive data is secured from knowing where it is, who has access to it, and when abuse occurs in real-time, to protecting it in all environments whether at rest, in motion, or in use.
BOOK A MEETINGWe redefine how sensitive data is secured from knowing where it is, who has access to it, and when abuse occurs in real-time, to protecting it in all environments whether at rest, in motion, or in use.
BOOK A MEETINGWe redefine how sensitive data is secured from knowing where it is, who has access to it, and when abuse occurs in real-time, to protecting it in all environments whether at rest, in motion, or in use.
BOOK A MEETINGWe redefine how sensitive data is secured from knowing where it is, who has access to it, and when abuse occurs in real-time, to protecting it in all environments whether at rest, in motion, or in use.
BOOK A MEETINGWe redefine how sensitive data is secured from knowing where it is, who has access to it, and when abuse occurs in real-time, to protecting it in all environments whether at rest, in motion, or in use.
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This year was a testament to our commitment to innovation, resilience and redefining what’s possible. Not only did we expand our product offerings to reach a truly global market, we also continued to explore and embrace the challenge of simplifying digital complexities and streamlining user journeys.
Secure CISO, in partnership with Thales, proudly hosts two prestigious awards: the Global CISO 100 and the Future CISO 100.
These awards highlight the individuals truly making a difference in cybersecurity—ranging from experienced CISOs leading at the highest levels to emerging security leaders already driving significant impact.
The Global CISO 100 honors CISOs who are affecting meaningful change within their organisations and the broader industry. Meanwhile, the Future CISO 100 celebrates up-and-coming security leaders clearly on the path to senior leadership.
Nominations for both awards are now open and will close on May 1, 2026.
If you know a security leader doing exceptional work—or if that’s you—we encourage you to submit a nomination to recognise their achievements.
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Featuring Prof. Art Langer and Nick Donofrio
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Special Guest: Brian Cox
Overarching topic: Quantum and Quantum Safe

Special Guest: Nile Rodgers
Overarching topic: 2026-2030 Trends
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