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6 Discussion and Wrap-up
Pages 62-66

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... PLANNING FOR AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE Although we can never predict exactly what the future will hold, two main themes emerged throughout the workshop: (1) the potential threat of quantum computing and (2)
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... Several partici pants noted that organizations often do both tabletop and live exercises, learning differ ent lessons from each. TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS Participants explored ideas for technical approaches that could help to mitigate agility challenges and allow for more effective ways to improve the prospects of future agility.
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... SHARING EXPERTISE Participants noted that agility requires making tough choices, and those with the greatest expertise should be helping others make informed decisions. "When the experts cannot decide among themselves so you pass the difficult problem off to a non-expert, that is not really fixing the problem," Kocher asserted.
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... With regard to a problem mentioned by nearly every speaker at the workshop -- obsolescence and legacy cryptography -- David Vladeck, Georgetown University, proposed looking for legal solutions, pointing to warranties as a potential analog from which to draw. INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND HUMAN RIGHTS Participants noted that cryptography and agility are in fact global issues, and differ ent nations have drastically different philosophies on privacy, security, and government access to data and communications.
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... AGILITY BEYOND CRYPTOGRAPHY Noting that failures are inevitable, Steven Lipner, independent consultant, underscored that everyone would stand to benefit from agility mechanisms to deal with vulnerabili ties, whether they come from quantum computing, algorithm errors, or merely from the passage of time. One step forward, he suggested, is funding research into these areas.
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