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They're Already Stealing Your Encrypted Data. Q-Day Is When They Read It. | Katie Arrington, IonQ

Published on: 1st September, 2026

Your encrypted data is being copied right now. Not read — stored. Waiting for the machine that can open it. That machine has a date: Q-Day. Estimates land between 2027 and 2028.

This is the trailer for Q-Day: Building the Quantum Future — the episode of The Briefing where Dr. Tuboise Floyd puts the hardest question in cybersecurity to Katie Arrington: you've got one budget and two bills. Do you pay to protect data against a threat that hasn't arrived, or buy into quantum computing that hasn't fully delivered? She has stood on both sides of that desk as the senior cyber official defending the Department of Defense, the largest enterprise on earth, and now as Quantum Technical Evangelist at IonQ, the company building the machines that change everything she used to defend.

If you run a company, a security team, or a board agenda — this conversation is about you.

🎙️ FULL EPISODE: September 8, 2026 — The Briefing with Dr. Tuboise Floyd

WHAT YOU'LL HEAR:

• "Harvest now, decrypt later" — the attack happening today

• The real timeline for quantum computers breaking RSA encryption

• Post-quantum cryptography: what migrating actually costs

• Quantum networking, quantum sensing, and what comes after

• Why a top DoD cyber leader crossed over to IonQ

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GUEST: Katie Arrington — former DoW Chief Information Officer (performing the duties), former Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity, former CISO for Acquisition & Sustainment, former state legislator, and senior leader at Exiger, Booz Allen Hamilton, Centauri, and Dispersive Networks. Now Quantum Technical Evangelist at IonQ.

The Katie Arrington episode of The Briefing is underwritten by Founding Decision Assurance Partner MCGlobalTech. Underwriting does not determine analysis, findings, or guest selection.

#QDay #QuantumComputing #IonQ #Cybersecurity #Encryption #PostQuantumCryptography #KatieArrington #DataBreach #InfoSec #TheBriefing



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