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Quantum Readiness Assessment

Know exactly where your software, infrastructure and vendors rely on cryptography that quantum computers are expected to break — and leave with a prioritised roadmap to fix it.

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Why Now

The Threat Starts Before the Quantum Computer Does

Most of today’s secure communication — HTTPS, VPNs, digital certificates, code signing, secure email — relies on public-key algorithms such as RSA and elliptic-curve cryptography. A sufficiently capable quantum computer is expected to be able to break them.

That machine does not need to exist today for you to be exposed. Adversaries can record encrypted traffic now and decrypt it later. If your data must stay confidential for ten years or more — financial records, health data, contracts, intellectual property, government or defence work — the clock has effectively already started.

The good news: standards exist, the path is well understood, and the first step — knowing what you actually have — is something you can do now.

Where the standards stand
2024
NIST publishes FIPS 203 (ML-KEM), FIPS 204 (ML-DSA) and FIPS 205 (SLH-DSA).
2030
Target to begin deprecating RSA and elliptic-curve public-key cryptography.
2035
Target to disallow quantum-vulnerable public-key algorithms.

Based on NIST’s post-quantum transition guidance (NIST IR 8547). Timelines for your sector or region may differ — we help you map them.

What’s Covered

A Complete Picture of Your Cryptographic Exposure

The assessment is practical and evidence-based. We look at your code, configuration and architecture — not just a questionnaire.

Cryptographic Inventory

A catalogue of where and how cryptography is used: algorithms, key sizes, libraries, protocols, certificates and key stores, across applications and infrastructure.

Data Shelf-Life & Risk Ranking

We rank systems by how long their data must stay secret and how exposed it is in transit, so the most at-risk assets are first in line.

Network, PKI & Certificates

TLS endpoints, VPNs, internal PKI, code-signing and certificate lifecycles, including where hardware or appliances limit your options.

Third-Party & Vendor Review

Cloud providers, SaaS tools, payment and identity services and embedded libraries — which ones have a post-quantum plan, and which put you at risk.

Crypto-Agility Review

Is cryptography hard-coded or centrally configurable? We assess how easily your architecture can change algorithms without a rewrite.

Migration Roadmap

A sequenced plan covering hybrid approaches, target algorithms, dependencies, testing, effort and ownership — ready for your leadership and auditors.

How It Works

From Unknown Risk to a Clear Plan

Our engineers run the assessment hands-on with your team. Automated tooling helps us find things quickly, but findings are reviewed by people — the same human-in-the-loop standard we apply to everything we build.

Honest About What This Is

There is no single product that makes an organisation “quantum-safe.” Readiness means knowing your exposure, planning in the right order and building the ability to change. That is what we help you do.

1
Scope & Discover

Agree the systems in scope and the data that matters most, then collect code, configuration and architecture details.

2
Inventory & Analyse

Identify every use of public-key cryptography and key exchange, and flag what is vulnerable, what is fine and what is unknown.

3
Prioritise

Rank findings by data sensitivity, shelf-life, exposure and how hard each item is to change.

4
Roadmap & Walkthrough

Deliver the report and migration plan, and walk your technical and leadership teams through it. Optionally, we continue into a pilot migration.

What You Receive

Deliverables

Cryptographic inventory of in-scope systems
Risk-ranked register of quantum-vulnerable assets
Third-party and vendor exposure summary
Crypto-agility findings and architecture recommendations
Phased post-quantum migration roadmap with effort estimates
Executive summary suitable for leadership, board and auditors
Who It’s For

Especially Relevant If Your Data Has a Long Shelf-Life

Banks & Fintech

Payments, lending and records with long retention and strict regulation.

Healthcare

Patient data that must remain confidential for decades.

SaaS & Platforms

Providers whose customers will soon ask for a post-quantum plan.

IoT & Devices

Products with long field life and hard-to-update firmware.

FAQ

Common Questions

Not at a scale that threatens current standards. The concern is twofold: capable machines are expected in the coming years, and data captured today can be decrypted later. Migration takes years, which is why planning starts now.

No. The main exposure is public-key cryptography (RSA, elliptic-curve and Diffie-Hellman) used for key exchange and signatures. Symmetric encryption such as AES-256 and modern hash functions are generally considered much less affected. The assessment identifies precisely what needs to change.

It is the ability to change cryptographic algorithms, keys and certificates without redesigning your systems. Organisations that have it migrate faster and with less risk — this time and the next.

Yes, if you want us to. Many clients take the roadmap and execute internally; others bring us in to implement changes, run pilots or extend their engineering team. Either way the roadmap stands on its own.

The assessment is aligned with NIST post-quantum guidance, but it is a technical readiness review, not a certification or audit opinion. We can provide evidence and documentation that supports your own compliance efforts.
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