All Post-Quantum, PQC Posts
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Post-Quantum
Risk-Driven Strategies for Quantum Readiness When Full Crypto Inventory Isn’t Feasible
Given the practical challenges, organizations may need to begin their quantum-readiness journey with a risk-driven approach rather than a theoretically perfect one. The essence of this strategy is to focus limited resources where they matter most – addressing the highest quantum-vulnerability risks first and implementing interim safeguards for the rest. Even the U.S. government’s guidance recognizes the need for prioritization. For example, the federal memo…
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Leadership
What is the Quantum Threat? A Guide for C‑Suite Executives and Boards
Boards do not need to dive into the scientific intricacies of qubits and algorithms, but they do need to recognize that this is a strategically important risk – one that can’t be simply delegated away. It requires the same level of governance attention as other enterprise-level risks like financial compliance, geopolitical factors, or pandemic preparedness. The comforting news is that if organizations act early, the…
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Post-Quantum
How CISOs Can Use Quantum Readiness to Secure Bigger Budgets (and Fix Today’s Problems)
Quantum readiness is not an exercise in science fiction – it’s a very practical program that yields benefits immediately. Regulators are pushing us all in this direction, which means boards are willing to fund it. The journey forces you to finally catalog your cryptographic assets and clean up long-standing weaknesses, improving your security posture right now. It builds agility so you can handle any crypto…
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Post-Quantum
CRQC Readiness Benchmark – Benchmarking Quantum Computers on the Path to Breaking RSA-2048
Benchmarking quantum capabilities for cryptography is both critical and challenging. We can’t rely on any single metric like qubit count to tell us how near we are to breaking RSA-2048. A combination of logical qubit count, error-corrected circuit depth, and operational speed must reach certain thresholds in unison. Existing benchmarks – Quantum Volume, Algorithmic Qubits, etc. – each address parts of this, but a CRQC-specific…
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Post-Quantum
Quantum Readiness / PQC Migration Is The Largest, Most Complex IT/OT Overhaul Ever – So Why Wait?
Preparing for the quantum era is arguably the largest and most complicated digital infrastructure overhaul in history. Yes, far bigger than Y2K, because back in 1999 we didn’t have millions of network-connected “things” to worry about. Yet despite clear warnings and rapidly approaching milestones, far too many organizations still treat quantum readiness as something to punt into next year – or worse, as a simple…
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AI Security
Why AI Cannot Break Modern Encryption
AI cannot break modern encryption. The reasons are fundamental: Mathematical Hardness, Cryptographic Design, Empirical Track Record, Quantum Contrast, Expert Consensus.
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Q-Day
Q-Day Revisited – RSA-2048 Broken by 2030: Detailed Analysis
It’s time to mark a controversial date on the calendar: 2030 is the year RSA-2048 will be broken by a quantum computer. That’s my bold prediction, and I don’t make it lightly. In cybersecurity circles, the countdown to “Q-Day” or Y2Q (the day a cryptographically relevant quantum computer cracks our public-key encryption) has been a topic of intense debate. Lately, the noise has become deafening:…
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Post-Quantum
Cryptographic Inventory Vendors and Methodologies
Achieving a comprehensive cryptographic inventory often requires combining multiple tools and methodologies. Each solution above has blind spots: one might excel at catching code-level issues but miss network usage, another might see network traffic but miss dormant code, etc. Organizations starting a crypto inventory (especially as part of PQC readiness) should evaluate these tools in terms of their environment: for example, pairing a passive network…
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