Live masterclass

Applied Cryptography & the Post-Quantum Migration

A live, instructor-led masterclass that takes your engineers and leaders from the quantum threat to a working migration, and through the advanced cryptography that runs the modern internet. Online or on-site.

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tracks

modules

formats, half-day to 3-day

Live

online or on-site

Your instructors

Taught by cryptographers

The masterclass is led by working cryptographers, including a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich. Their research spans the design and analysis of cryptographic protocols: zero-knowledge proofs and proof systems, privacy-preserving AI, digital identity, and end-to-end encryption for secure messaging and cloud storage. You learn the post-quantum migration from people who work at the research frontier and can connect it to what teams actually ship.

The masterclass is taught in a personal capacity. ETH Zurich is an instructor’s research affiliation and is not a sponsor, partner, or accreditor of this program.

What backs the teaching

Research-grade cryptography

PhD in cryptography
Postdoctoral researcher, ETH Zurich
Zero-knowledge proofs, secure messaging, digital identity
Teaches live, with a hands-on posture

Who it is for

Built for the people who ship

Security engineers and architects
CISOs and security leaders
Developers of TLS, messaging, identity, and blockchain systems
Leaders who need to separate the real threat from the hype
University and postgraduate cohorts

What you leave with

Outcomes, not just slides

A working mental model of modern and post-quantum cryptography
A migration playbook: cryptographic inventory, hybrid deployment, and crypto-agility
Fluency in the NIST, BSI, and ANSSI guidance shaping the migration
An optional, independently verifiable completion certificate

The syllabus

Two tracks, six modules

The full curriculum is public. Modules mix and match into the three formats below, from a half-day briefing to a three-day intensive.

Track A — Post-Quantum Cryptography & Migration

From the fundamentals to a concrete migration, grounded in the NIST standards and European guidance.

Module 1

Foundations of Applied Cryptography

Symmetric and public-key cryptography
Integrity, authentication, and confidentiality
Key exchange and Key Encapsulation Mechanisms (KEMs)
The NIST post-quantum standards: ML-KEM and ML-DSA
Post-quantum TLS: the hybrid handshake
Side-channel attacks, constant-time code, and open-source libraries

Module 2

Demystifying the Quantum Threat

What quantum computers can and cannot do: Shor, Grover, and their limits
Post-Quantum Cryptography vs Quantum Cryptography vs Quantum Key Distribution
NIST security levels and adjusting key sizes
The real cost of migration: key and signature size blow-ups
Harvest-now, decrypt-later, and what it means for signatures
Which problems stay hard for a quantum computer

Module 3

Understanding Post-Quantum Cryptography

Lattice-based cryptography and its hardness assumptions
Ring and module lattices, and why they help
Building encryption and ML-KEM
Lattice signatures: Hash-and-Sign vs Rejection Sampling (Falcon vs ML-DSA)
Code-based cryptography: McEliece and HQC
The road ahead with NIST, and BSI/ANSSI migration guidelines

Formats

Scale it to your team

One curriculum, three depths. Pricing scales with the format and the size of the cohort.

Leaders

Half-day executive briefing

Modules 1–2

Separate the real quantum threat from the hype and align leadership on what to do next.

Practitioners

Full technical program

Modules 1–4

The end-to-end path from the fundamentals through the post-quantum migration and real-world protocols.

Deep dive

Three-day intensive

All six modules, with labs

The complete masterclass across both tracks, with hands-on labs.

Optional certificate

Prove it, if you want to

Attendees can take an optional exam to earn a Masterclass Completion Certificate, cryptographically timestamped on the Bitcoin blockchain so anyone can verify it. It is a course-completion certificate, not an accredited qualification, and it is separate from our self-paced Certified Post-Quantum Practitioner credential.

Just need to certify a whole team?

This live masterclass is our premium tier. To train and certify a whole workforce at scale, our self-paced online courses cover the fundamentals and are free during beta.

See team certification

FAQ

Questions before you book

Who teaches the masterclass?

Working cryptographers, including a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich with a PhD in cryptography, whose research spans zero-knowledge proofs, digital identity, and end-to-end encryption. The masterclass is taught in a personal capacity; ETH Zurich is an instructor's research affiliation, not a sponsor or accreditor of the program.

Is it delivered online or in person?

Either. The masterclass runs live online or on-site at your offices, and scales from a half-day briefing to a three-day intensive.

How much does it cost?

Pricing depends on the format and the size of the cohort. Tell us what you need and we will send a quote.

Do participants get a certificate?

Optionally. Attendees can take an exam to earn a Masterclass Completion Certificate, cryptographically timestamped on the Bitcoin blockchain so it can be verified independently. It is a course-completion certificate, not an accredited qualification, and it is separate from our self-paced Certified Post-Quantum Practitioner credential.

What background do attendees need?

The executive briefing assumes no cryptography background. The technical program and the intensive are aimed at engineers, architects, and developers who build or operate systems that rely on cryptography.

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Bring the masterclass to your team

Tell us your format and cohort size, and we will send a quote and available dates.

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