Swann Ashworth

Biography

Swann Ashworth is an Associate Research Assistant in the Cybersecurity@CEPS unit at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels. He works on the governance of quantum technologies and the transition to quantum-safe cryptography. He is second author of the CEPS Task Force report Strengthening the EU transition to a quantum-safe world: Technology, market, governance and policy challenges (2025). With Lorenzo Pupillo, he co-authored “Migration Fragmentations: Quantum-Safe Cryptography Coordination Gaps in Allied Defence Communications”. He presented it at the NATO STO symposium on quantum technology for defence and security in Båstad (October 2026), and it is forthcoming in the proceedings. He developed and maintains the CEPS QSC Atlas, which tracks how governments are migrating to post-quantum cryptography, drawing on more than 800 coded policy documents. He is an active contributor to the Q-PrEP expert network on public-sector post-quantum cryptography.