Cryptographic inventory
A map of where and how cryptography is used across your estate, the foundation everything rests on.
Governance & Compliance
Post-Quantum Cryptography. The data stolen today is being saved for tomorrow.
A quantum computer capable of breaking today's encryption does not exist yet, but attackers are already harvesting encrypted data to decrypt when it does. If your data must stay secret for years, the quantum threat is a today problem. We help you get ahead of it.
Why now, not later
The instinct is to wait, because the quantum computer is years away. But an adversary can steal your encrypted data now and simply hold it until quantum makes it readable. For anything that must stay secret beyond the next decade, the clock has already started.
This is the harvest now, decrypt later threat, and it changes the timeline. New post-quantum standards have arrived, governments are setting migration deadlines, and the move is a multi-year effort because cryptography is woven through everything. The organizations that start now will migrate calmly; the ones that wait will scramble. We help you find where your cryptography lives, prioritize what is at risk, and migrate to quantum-resistant standards on a plan, not in a panic.
Harvest now, decrypt later
The attack that is already happening
The threat does not wait for the quantum computer. It only waits for the data, which is being taken today.
Today
Harvest
An adversary intercepts and stores your encrypted data now, unable to read it yet. Patient, cheap, and invisible. The longer your data must stay secret, the more attractive the wait.
Years pass
When quantum arrives
Decrypt
A capable quantum computer breaks the old encryption, and the harvested data is suddenly readable. Anything that needed to stay secret until then is now exposed, with no way to take it back.
The horizon
How long must each secret hold?
Plot every data class against the years it must stay secret, and the quantum question answers itself: the longest-lived secrets are already late.
Secrecy horizon · by data classIllustrativeClear before the windowTouches itInside it
2026203020342038
Payment session tokenssecret for ~2 years
Deal & M&A documentssecret for ~5 years
Customer recordssecret for ~7 years
Firmware signing keystrusted for ~10 years
Health recordssecret for 25+ years
The shaded band is the projected window in which a cryptographically relevant quantum computer could plausibly arrive. It is uncertain by design, which is the point: any bar that reaches it needs quantum-resistant protection before the window opens, and the migration itself takes years. The discovery and prioritization work tells you which bars are yours.
The migration
Crypto-agility, in four steps
The goal is not a one-time swap but crypto-agility: the ability to change algorithms as standards evolve. We get you there in stages.
01
Discover
Find where cryptography lives across your systems, data, and vendors. Most teams have no map.
02
Prioritize
Rank by how long the data must stay secret and how exposed it is, so the longest-lived secrets move first.
03
Migrate
Move to NIST post-quantum standards, building crypto-agility so the next change is easier.
04
Govern
Keep an inventory and a plan, so cryptography stays managed as algorithms and threats evolve.
What you get
A plan, not a panic
Risk prioritization
Which data and systems are most exposed to harvest now, decrypt later, ranked for action.
Migration roadmap
A staged, costed plan to quantum-resistant standards aligned to NIST and regulatory timelines.
Crypto-agility
Architecture that lets you change algorithms again later without another full migration.
Vendor coordination
Engagement with your suppliers, since much of your cryptography lives in their products.
Board-ready case
A clear explanation of the threat and the plan that leadership can fund and follow.
Part of the loop
Where PQC sits in VIGILE
Find then future-proof
Identify the cryptography, Guard the data
IdentifyPost-Quantum CryptographyGuard
Post-Quantum Cryptography is the Identify and Guard motions aimed at the long horizon. We map where cryptography lives and migrate it to quantum-resistant standards, so the data you protect today stays protected when quantum arrives.
See how VIGILE works ›FAQ
Top 10 questions, frequently asked
Because of harvest now, decrypt later. An adversary can steal your encrypted data today and hold it until a capable quantum computer exists, then read it. For any data that must stay secret for years, the threat is effectively present now. Migration also takes years, so starting early is the only way to do it calmly.
Yes. NIST has finalized the first post-quantum cryptographic standards, and governments are beginning to set migration timelines. The algorithms to migrate to exist; the work now is finding where your current cryptography lives and moving to the new standards in a planned, prioritized way.
Most organizations do not, which is exactly why we start with a cryptographic inventory. Cryptography is embedded in applications, infrastructure, protocols, and vendor products, often invisibly. Discovering and mapping it is the foundation of any credible migration, and it is the first thing we do.
Crypto-agility is the ability to change cryptographic algorithms without re-architecting everything. It matters because post-quantum will not be the last change; standards evolve and algorithms get retired. We build the migration so that future changes are configuration, not another multi-year project, which is the real long-term win.
A first inventory across code, certificates, and protocols typically lands within weeks using automated discovery, then deepens with manual review of the systems that matter most.
Long-lived secrets and data with a long confidentiality horizon: anything an adversary could harvest now and decrypt later. Transport that protects decades-sensitive data moves before low-risk internal traffic.
The standardized algorithms carry larger keys and signatures, and the impact is workload-specific. Migration includes performance testing per system, and hybrid modes keep compatibility during the transition.
No. Your own systems, certificates, and protocols can start now, and vendor readiness becomes a procurement requirement you track rather than a blocker you wait on.
Fixed scope for the inventory and roadmap, then phased migration engagements per system group.
Identify finds the cryptography, Validate ranks the exposure, Guard runs the migration, and crypto-agility reports through Enhance.
Start the migration before you have to
Book a session with a Principal Engineer. We map where your cryptography lives and plan the move to quantum-resistant standards.