The UK’s PQC TLS Guidance Turns Configuration Into Governed Evidence
The UK NCSC now recommends hybrid and pure post-quantum TLS configurations. The operational challenge is proving where each profile is supported, enabled,…
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NSA’s QKD Position Makes “Quantum-Safe” an Architecture Decision
NSA’s latest resource distinguishes QKD and quantum cryptography from deployable post-quantum algorithms. Technology selection must account for links, authentication, availability, hardware, and…
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A CBOM Minimum Needs Evidence Rules, Not Just Required Fields
A new research proposal defines nine minimum CBOM elements for PQC migration. The harder operational question is how each field is sourced,…
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A Practical Post-Quantum Cryptography Roadmap for Small and Midsize Businesses
Build an SMB-sized post-quantum cryptography roadmap with a practical inventory, vendor questions, pilot checks, and a phased plan sized to your staff…
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Hybrid SSH Makes Administrative Access a PQC Inventory Priority
RFC 10042 standardizes three hybrid post-quantum SSH key exchanges. Deployment readiness depends on client-server pairs, negotiation, bastions, automation, authentication, and observed coverage.
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PQC Migration Needs One Risk Queue, Not a Separate Scorecard
New research proposes expressing classical and harvest-now-decrypt-later exposure as a common cost of delay. The useful idea is one governed backlog—with uncertainty…
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India’s Telecom PQC Agenda Makes Testing Infrastructure a Migration Dependency
India’s Fourth Quantum Communication Conclave put roadmaps, product readiness, testing infrastructure, routers, and 5G/6G standards on one agenda. That is the right…
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GAO’s Quantum Readiness Review Makes Inventory a Funded Process
GAO found that none of 24 selected federal agencies fully addressed key PQC preparation practices. The gap is not merely a missing…
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Harvest Now, Decrypt Later Turns Data Lifetime Into a Crypto Priority
Europol’s new assessment makes a practical point: quantum migration priority should reflect how long data must remain secret, not just the system’s…
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TLS 1.3 Is Now a Design Dependency for Post-Quantum Readiness
RFC 9852 requires new TLS-based protocols to default to TLS 1.3. That baseline matters because current PQC standardization work targets TLS 1.3…