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Christian Chisholm

Vice President, Resilient Infrastructure

Security and Trust Organization (STO)

Christian Chisholm is a Vice President at Cisco, where he leads product strategy and planning for resilient infrastructure and drives the development of trustworthy technologies, such as cryptographic services and hardware roots of trust, across Cisco’s global portfolio. He spearheads Cisco’s efforts to make quantum-resilient security practical at scale, guiding the integration of post-quantum cryptography and secure hardware-anchored solutions for critical infrastructure and public-sector environments. He is also responsible for Cisco's global product strategy for highly regulated and sensitive industries, including local and air-gapped deployments, compliant and certified products, and sovereign solutions. Previously, Christian was a Partner at the Boston Consulting Group, leading digital transformations for public-sector and technology organizations in the US and Europe.

Articles

June 2, 2026

SECURITY

Quantum Resilience Needs a Common Language. Here’s Where to Start.

5 min read

Navigate the transition to quantum-safe security with Cisco’s Quantum Resilience Framework. We provide a clear path to protecting your network and data against future quantum threats through standardized, multi-layer resilience and clear roadmaps.

April 30, 2026

SECURITY

From Strategy to Architecture: How Cisco is Building a Quantum-Safe Future

5 min read

Dive into the architecture behind Cisco’s holistic, mutilayered PQC strategy to understand how Cisco is operationalizing the secure communications and secure products across the communication planes, inside the chipset, and down to the firmware that loads before your operating system even boots.

February 5, 2026

SECURITY

Facing the Quantum Threat: Cisco’s Strategic Approach to PQC

2 min read

Quantum threats are closer than you think. Explore Cisco’s strategic approach to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) and how to protect against HNDL risks now.