Security-focused solution providers are helping customers navigate two once-in-a-generation technology shifts that are converging to create unprecedented cybersecurity risks: the arrival of AI and the impending impact of quantum computing. If solution providers can be adaptable and nimble enough to complete the preparations before the clock runs out and the full force of AI and quantum threats have arrived, it could be the channel’s defining moment. @CRN cybersecurity reporter and Senior Editor @KyleAlspach spoke with the following solution provider, managed service provider (MSP), managed security service provider (MSSP) and vendor executives for their insights and perspective on the convergence of these shifts for our September cover story: - @cjkonrad, vice president of global cyber, @wwt_inc - Rob Gregory, CISO, @Optiv - Kathryn Hall, senior vice president of services, Optiv - Zack Finstad, vice president of cybersecurity, Logically - Troy Saunders, CISO, @LogicalisUS - Phillip Tobolski, director of cybersecurity, Logicalis U.S. - Ryan Whelan, managing director and global head of cyber intelligence, Accenture - Gary Brickhouse, CISO, GuidePoint Security - Chris Schueler, CEO, @Cyderes - @donmonistere, president and CEO, General Informatics - Chesley Choudhury, founder and chairman, TanChes Global Management - Timothy Hollebeek, industry technology strategist, digital certificate authority @digicert - Jason Soroko, veteran cryptography specialist and senior fellow, @SectigoHQ - Daniel Bernard, chief business officer, @CrowdStrike - John Ackerly, co-founder and CEO, @virtruprivacy - Michael DePalma, vice president of business development, @OpenTextSec, @OpenText