Cristian Perissinotto

Cristian Perissinotto is a Solutions Engineer at Cisco with a focus on advanced network security, encryption technologies, and Quantum-Safe Communications. Over the course of his career at Cisco, he has guided enterprise customers through complex architectural transitions, with a current emphasis on “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" threat mitigation and NIST-standardized Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC). His technical domain encompasses quantum-resistant algorithms, hybrid key encapsulation mechanisms (KEMs), quantum key distribution (QKD) integration, and hardware-accelerated encryption across Cisco routing and switching platforms. Cristian is a regular contributor to customer security roadmaps and technical workshops on quantum readiness and crypto-agility.