ONUG forms quantum-ready advisory board for enterprises

ONUG has launched a Quantum-Ready Enterprise Advisory Board to help enterprise leaders address the overlap of AI infrastructure, post-quantum cryptography and quantum computing. The board will shape ONUG programming and a quantum-safe track for its October summit in New York.

Why it matters: - Enterprises are being pushed to plan for three shifts at once: AI infrastructure, post-quantum cryptography and emerging quantum computing. - ONUG is positioning the advisory board as a practical guide for platform architecture and security teams facing those changes now. - The board is also meant to help companies that connect to federal government systems, where post-quantum compliance is becoming a baseline expectation.

What happened: - ONUG announced the Quantum-Ready Enterprise Advisory Board on July 2, 2026. - The board brings together senior leaders from enterprise operators, infrastructure providers and quantum technology organizations. - ONUG said the group is intended to provide guidance, not governance. - The board includes Kate Kuehn of World Wide Technology, Susan Koski, Travis Ewert of Digital Realty and John Buselli of IBM Security Research. - ONUG said additional members will be added, with the full roster available here.

The details: - The board will identify urgent enterprise risks and opportunities tied to the quantum transition. - It will help shape ONUG programming and working groups around post-quantum security and quantum-safe infrastructure. - The group will point enterprises toward vendors, technologies and standards to evaluate now. - The board will help define practical roadmaps for PQC migration and quantum-safe architectures. - ONUG also said the board will address requirements for organizations that connect to U.S. federal government systems. - Nick Lippis said quantum has moved from the lab to the architecture review and that the board is designed to give enterprises a peer-driven path forward.

Between the lines: - ONUG is turning a broad technology transition into an enterprise planning issue, not a future research topic. - The board’s composition suggests ONUG wants input from operators, security leaders and infrastructure vendors rather than academics alone. - The federal-government angle signals that compliance pressure may be one of the first real-world triggers for PQC adoption.

What's next: - The advisory board will help build the post-quantum cryptography content track for ONUG’s AI Networking Summit on Oct. 28-29 in New York. - ONUG said the summit programming will translate the board’s guidance into sessions, working group discussions and practical resources. - Registration and agenda details are available here. - ONUG said more advisory board members will be announced.

The bottom line: - ONUG is betting that enterprises need an immediate, peer-led playbook for quantum-safe infrastructure before the technology transition becomes a security and compliance crisis.