When & Where

SQE is hosting a live executive webinar showcasing practical, enterprise-ready security outcomes with zero key transmission—aligned to real-world authentication, messaging, and payments workflows.

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When

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 — 11:00 a.m. EST (3:00 p.m. GMT)
A concise, high-signal session with live demo and executive discussion.
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Who Should Attend

CISOs, CROs, security architects, payments leaders, and risk/compliance executives looking for immediately deployable controls that reduce breach pathways without disrupting core systems.
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What You’ll Learn

See how three enterprise use cases deliver near-term impact:
  • Passwordless Authentication — Deploy AI-safe, keyless login to remove password and 2FA risks while improving user experience and help-desk efficiency.
  • AI-Secure Identity Verification — Bind users and devices at enrollment and during high-risk actions (e.g., approvals, payments) to cut credential abuse and insider fraud.
  • Keyless Messaging & Payments — Validate and protect sensitive communications and ISO 20022 transactions with zero key transmission, reducing interception and replay attack surfaces.
Executives will leave with a practical playbook to lower operational risk, simplify compliance (NIST/PCI-DSS/DORA), and achieve security gains without rip-and-replace.

Enterprise Use Cases

Discover how SQE’s unified, keyless architecture enables enterprises to secure authentication, communications, and payments with measurable risk reduction, regulatory alignment, and quantum-ready resilience.

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KYC / User Authentication

  • Instant, passwordless authentication via SQE’s Zero-Knowledge Keypad — no key exchange, no passwords, no phishing risk.
  • AI + quantum-secure identity verification binding users and devices at login; replaces weak 2FA/CAPTCHA.
  • Seamless SDK adds quantum-secure login to existing portals with minimal code changes or disruption.
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Secure Messaging

  • End-to-end quantum-secure communication layered over existing internal and external messaging.
  • Unified security framework — the same “entanglement” from login extends to protect every message.
  • Rapid adoption via single API call, enabling banks and enterprises to secure collaboration in hours.
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Secure Payments

  • Proof-of-Entanglement (PoE) validation binds every transaction to verified identities.
  • Instant, keyless, quantum-secure settlement that eliminates fraud, replay, or redirection risk.
  • Plug-and-play APIs for cores, gateways, and fintech stacks — sub-second confirmation, zero disruption.

5 Key Takeaways

Discover the essential lessons from SQE’s live demonstration—bridging identity, communication, and payments into a unified, quantum-secure framework.

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Experience Passwordless, Keyless Authentication in Action

Understand how SQE’s Zero-Knowledge Keypad enables instant, password-free user authentication—no key exchange, no phishing vector, and no reliance on traditional 2FA or CAPTCHAs.
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Secure Messaging Validated Through Entanglement

See how the same cryptographic “entanglement” used for login extends to protect internal and external communications, providing seamless quantum-secure messaging verified in real time.
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Keyless Payments: Real-Time Proof of Entanglement

Witness how SQE secures ISO 20022 payments end-to-end without encryption keys, ensuring transactions are bound to verified identities and resistant to replay, redirection, or insider compromise.
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Compliance and Quantum Readiness Without Disruption

Learn how SQE aligns with NIST PQC, DORA, PCI-DSS, and FFIEC frameworks—enabling quantum-safe resilience without system overhauls or operational downtime.
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The 90-Day Sandbox for Measurable Risk Reduction

Prepare to join the SQE Sandbox to validate cryptographic risk reduction and demonstrate enhanced resilience within 30–90 days, while maintaining uninterrupted business operations. The Sandbox provides access to NetraScale’s RiskAct for automated, NIST-aligned continuous risk assessment and mitigation, and a Dynamic Compliance Mapper offering real-time regulatory insights for embedded use cases. These tools empower leaders with practical risk and compliance intelligence during live secure messaging, KYC and ISO20022-enabled payment simulations.

Event Agenda

Opening Keynote (Interview) Cryptographic Liability – Why Keys Are Your Single Biggest Threat to Operational Resilience
11:00 a.m. 15 min
Interviewer: Caitlin Sarian (Cybersecurity Girl) Interviewee: Hamid Pishdadian — Founder/CEO/Chief Architect @ SQE.io

Format: Live fireside interview highlighting real-world risk from “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later” (HNDL), the limits of crypto-agility alone, and how SQE’s keyless architecture complements NIST PQC to improve operational resilience without disrupting existing infrastructure.

Live Demo Real-World Enterprise Security, Reinvented
11:15 a.m. 25 min
Demo leads: Jake Rausch & Hamid Pishdadian @ SQE.io

Experience a step-by-step walkthrough demonstrating how SQE’s unified, keyless framework secures the entire enterprise user journey — from secure registration and passwordless login to keyless transactions. This live demo showcases how authentication, communication, and data exchanges can be cryptographically bound without transmitting or storing encryption keys — all running on standard enterprise infrastructure.

What makes this different?
  • No encryption keys transmitted at any stage — instantly closing a major attack pathway seen in many high-profile breaches.
  • Use familiar network forensics tools (e.g., Wireshark) to verify in real time that sensitive keys aren’t present to intercept during login or transaction processing.
  • Result: A visible reduction in avenues for external attackers or malicious insiders to compromise user credentials or transaction data — without changing underlying systems or hardware.
Why it matters

This keyless approach integrates seamlessly with your existing environment. It enables end-to-end protection across user identity, messaging, and transactional systems — eliminating password, key, and token vulnerabilities. It avoids disruptive system upgrades and lets CISOs, CROs, and compliance leaders deploy operationally transparent protection immediately — materially reducing risk surface and regulatory exposure on day one.

Executive Decision Point Crypto-Agility vs. Keyless Resilience — A Practical Playbook for NIST, PCI DSS and DORA Compliance
11:40 a.m. 45 min

Enterprises across industries are under pressure to execute complex, multi-year cryptographic modernization programs to meet mandates like DORA, NIST PQC, and PCI DSS 4.0 — all while addressing emerging AI-driven threats and evolving KYC (Know Your Customer) security and compliance demands. This panel moves beyond theoretical timelines to explore the operational reality, resource constraints, and technical debt that impede organization-wide migration. Leaders spanning risk, compliance, innovation, and infrastructure discuss the strategic choices facing the enterprise sector:

  • The Cost of Complexity: Performance trade-offs, budget implications, and implementation timelines to achieve full crypto-agility (rapid algorithm swaps) in an era of accelerating AI-enabled attacks.
  • Viable Alternatives for Core Systems: Non-disruptive approaches — such as keyless architecture — that drastically reduce the attack surface for long-lived data, KYC systems, and identity frameworks without a costly “rip and replace.”
  • The Proportionality Principle: How cost-conscious enterprises and critical infrastructure custodians prioritize operational resilience and KYC assurance while maintaining a clear path to PQC standards adherence.

Attendees will leave with practical strategies for quantifying cryptographic risk, countering AI-driven threats, and aligning PQC and KYC strategies with immediate regulatory and operational requirements — including global mandates from NIST, DORA, and enterprise resilience/cybersecurity frameworks. These standards are converging to define operational resilience, quantifiable cryptographic assurance, and proactive risk management as the new baseline for security leaders across industries.

Panelists & Moderators
  • Glenn Benson — Information Security Consultant (Former Head of Security Architecture at Santander US)
  • Pawan Singh — Head of Engineering, Branch Technology @ Scotiabank (Pending)
  • Simon Pont — Former CEO/COO @ ECR Retail Systems
  • Jeremy Sheridan — Managing Director @ FTI Consulting
  • Global Enterprise CISO (TBC)
  • Enterprise Security Executive (TBC)
  • Moderators: Rich Moore @ Cybersix; Denis Nwanshi @ NetraScale

Moderators and Panelists

Caitlin Sarian

Cybersecurity Girl, Interview Host

Richard Moore

CEO, Cybersix, Moderator

Denis Nwanshi

CEO, NetraScale & Strategic Fintech Adviser, SQE,Moderator

Hamid Pishdadian

CEO and Founder, SQE, Panelist

Glenn Benson

Information Security Consultatnt, Panelist

Jeremy Sheridan

Managing Director @ FTI Consulting, Panelist

Simon Pont

Former CEO/COO @ ECR Retail Systems, Panelist

Schedule Your Follow-Up Consultation

During and after the webinar, attendees will have the opportunity to schedule a one-on-one consultation offering personalized insights and practical steps to strengthen their organization’s security posture..

Strategic Risk & Compliance

30–45 Mins | SQE Risk Specialists

  • Compliance Validation: OCC / FFIEC / DORA / PCI DSS / NIST 800-208 Analysis.
  • Financial Impact: ROI Modeling for HNDL risk mitigation.
  • Executive Briefing Prep: Board-ready justification slides.

Implementation & Validation

60–90 Mins | SQE Engineering Team

  • Live Sandbox Exploration: Map current infra to keyless integration points.
  • Pilot Program Design: Define 30 / 60 / 90-day PoC with verifiable security metrics.
  • Integration Architecture Review: For core banking and payment systems.

Competitive Strategy

45–60 Mins | Executive Leadership

  • Competitive Differentiation: Positioning PQC as a market advantage.
  • Long-Term Vendor Strategy: Developing a fully future-proof security ecosystem.
  • Regulatory Engagement: Proactively collaborating with regulators on validated compliance models.

Julian Quiñones

Board of Advisors

Julian is an accomplished scientist, investor, and entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in biotechnology research and development. His expertise encompasses the full spectrum of R&D, from early discovery to late-stage development, offering a unique blend of scientific insight and strategic business acumen. At SQE, Julian leverages this dynamic perspective to drive innovation and refine our products and services. He holds a degree in Biotechnology from Endicott College and currently serves as a Principal Scientist at Strand Therapeutics.  

Joe Anter

Chief Sales Officer

Joe has over 30 years of leadership experience in emerging technology sales. Notably, he led Proofpoint’s sales team during its IPO, orchestrating strategies that propelled the company forward. This effort culminated in Thomas Bravo’s landmark $12.3 billion software acquisition in 2021, solidifying Proofpoint’s position in the market. Prior to this, he directed a dynamic sales team of over 20 members at Granite Telecom, overseeing operations catering to Fortune 1000 sectors. His leadership played a pivotal role in optimizing sales strategies and fostering strong client relationships, contributing to the company’s growth and success in the competitive telecommunications landscape. At Growgenics, Joe’s transformative leadership as VP of Business Development at Growgenics saw him spearheading the creation of a sales pipeline from scratch, propelling the company from zero revenue to generating multi-million-dollar revenues annually.

Mike Goodwin

Chief Financial & Operating Officer

Mike is an accomplished finance professional with experience in various industries, including working in the Emerging Technologies Division at EMC and Global Finance Analysis team at Boston Consulting Group specializing in detailed financial analysis, developing financial plans, and driving competitor intelligence analysis. Recently as General Manager of Cultivation and Processing at Sanctuary Medicinals, Michael grew and led a team of 100+ across cultivation and production developing effective team structures, standard operating procedures, and streamlining production strategies. Michael holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Finance and a minor in Information Technology from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Akram Khalis

Co-Founder

As an entrepreneurial executive, Akram’s background in technology, product, and general management allows him to bridge the gap between engineers and businesses to bring high quality solutions to market efficiently. His diverse knowledge in the development of hardware, firmware, and software. In addition to his vast industry experience, Akram holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the NJ Institute of Technology and currently holds 5 US technology patents. AK has accelerated the growth of innovative technology for more than a decade.

Rick Genga

Co-Founder

Rick is a highly accomplished entrepreneur and innovator with over 35 years of experience in advanced product development, engineering, software, and business development. His expertise spans innovative areas such as product development, manufacturing systems, business development, electronics, software, and lean design for manufacture. This diverse background has enabled him to lead groundbreaking projects and deliver exceptional value across multiple business sectors in such fields as medical, consumer, industrial, dental, controlled environmental agriculture, and military. Rick has acquired 17 patents throughout his career.

Hamid Pishdadian

Founder/CEO/Chief Architect

Hamid is an award-winning design engineer, inventor and technology executive who holds more than 20 U.S. and international patents for his innovative work. His fields of expertise include computer science, electrical engineering, robotics, artificial intelligence with direct experience in neural networks, genetics algorithms, fuzzy logic, and soft computing. Hamid is familiar with more than 20 high-level and low-level programming languages and has written millions of lines of code in his 35 years of experience as a design engineer. From 1993 to 2000, he worked at Taco Inc., where he designed a genetic algorithm system to automate the design of split capacitor motors. This effort led to the creation of Taco 0013; the most efficient circulator ever designed. In 1997, Hamid won first prize in Microchip Corp international mechatronics competition. In 2006, Hamid invented a 3D camera system that uses genetically optimized neural transformation matrices instead of laser- scanning. His patent for this invention has been referenced by many Fortune 100 Companies. From 2010 to 2019, Hamid served as the Chief Technology Officer of MHT Lighting in New York, during which he earned several patents in the field of high-energy power switching and energy reduction systems. He has been the president of General Sensors, Inc. since 2008 and the Chief Technology Officer of Growgenics since 2019. Hamid is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island, where he received a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering. He lives in Warwick, Rhode Island.