Quantum Security Intelligence

Where Quantum
Meets Security.

Quantum computing threatens the cryptography protecting everything you own today — and adversaries are already harvesting encrypted data to decrypt when the hardware arrives. qubit.ms separates real signal from noise so you can act before it's too late.

qubit.ms — threat monitor

CRITICAL RSA-2048 Encryption

Vulnerable to Shor's algorithm. Migration required before quantum threshold.

HIGH ECC Key Exchange

Elliptic curve cryptography broken by quantum Discrete Log. Prioritize migration.

MONITOR AES-256 Symmetric

Grover's reduces to AES-128 effective. AES-256 survivable; monitor for advances.

SAFE CRYSTALS-Kyber (PQC)

NIST-standardized post-quantum KEM. Quantum-resistant by design. Migrate to this.

The Threat

Quantum Won't Announce Its Arrival

The cost of preparing is modest and spread over years. The cost of being caught unprepared is catastrophic and sudden. The clock is running — and attackers aren't waiting.

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Harvest Now, Decrypt Later

Nation-state adversaries are collecting encrypted data today, banking it for the day quantum hardware can break it. Data stolen now is a liability the moment CRQC arrives.

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RSA and ECC Are Already Obsolete — In Theory

Shor's algorithm breaks RSA and elliptic curve cryptography in polynomial time on a sufficiently powerful quantum computer. The algorithm exists. The hardware is coming.

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Migration Takes Years, Not Weeks

Large organizations take 5–10 years to fully migrate cryptographic infrastructure. If you start when the threat becomes obvious, you will finish after the window has closed.

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Over-Hyped and Under-Prepared

Quantum is simultaneously over-hyped day-to-day and under-prepared-for strategically. Most organizations are doing nothing because the timeline feels distant — which is exactly the wrong response.

The Harvest-Decrypt Timeline

2024

Harvest Phase Active

Nation-state actors collecting encrypted government, financial, and healthcare data at scale.

Happening Now

2030–35

Cryptographically Relevant Quantum Computer

CRQC capable of breaking RSA-2048 becomes available. Harvested data becomes readable.

Critical Deadline

Act Now

Migrate to Post-Quantum Standards

Begin crypto-agility program, inventory exposure, and migrate highest-risk systems first.

Action Required

Platform Features

Built for Action, Not Just Awareness

Every feature is designed to close the gap between knowing quantum is a threat and having a plan to address it.

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Discovery

Crypto Exposure Inventory

Map where your security depends on vulnerable algorithms — RSA, ECC, DH — across systems, APIs, certificates, and data stores. Know your attack surface before adversaries do.

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Standards

NIST PQC Guidance

The CRYSTALS-Kyber, CRYSTALS-Dilithium, and SPHINCS+ standards explained in plain language — with implementation guidance for your stack and vendor ecosystem.

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Architecture

Crypto-Agility Framework

Build systems that can swap cryptographic algorithms without rebuilding the whole stack. The right architecture decision made once, protecting you through every standard update.

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Prioritization

Risk-Ranked Migration Plan

Not everything needs to migrate at the same time. Prioritize by data longevity, exposure window, and threat actor interest — a plan that fits your organization's actual risk profile.

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Intelligence

Hardware Progress Tracking

Follow qubit counts, error correction milestones, and CRQC timeline estimates without drowning in vendor press releases. When the timeline shifts, you'll know first.

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Board-Ready

Executive Communication Tools

Frame the quantum threat for non-technical stakeholders. Board presentations, budget justifications, and risk frameworks that translate quantum urgency into organizational action.

How to Get Ready

Four Steps to Quantum-Safe Posture

A structured, prioritized path from your current crypto exposure to a quantum-resistant architecture — built for organizations starting from zero.

STEP 01

Map Your Crypto Exposure

Inventory every system, API, certificate, and data store that relies on RSA, ECC, or Diffie-Hellman. You can't migrate what you haven't found.

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Prioritize the Highest-Risk Assets

Data that must remain confidential for 10+ years needs migration first. Long-lived secrets, patient records, classified material — rank by longevity and sensitivity.

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Adopt Crypto-Agility

Architect new systems to support algorithm swaps without rebuilds. Start migrating high-priority systems to CRYSTALS-Kyber for key exchange, CRYSTALS-Dilithium for signatures.

STEP 04

Track and Adjust

Monitor quantum hardware milestones and NIST standard updates. Adjust migration priority as the threat timeline firms up — without starting from scratch each time.

qubit.ms — readiness dashboard

RSA-2048 certificates found847

ECC key exchanges active2,341

DH parameters in use156

PQC-ready endpoints12

Inventory coverage34%

Patient records (30yr retention)MIGRATE FIRST

Financial transaction logsHIGH PRIORITY

Auth tokens (short-lived)MEDIUM

Ephemeral session keysLOW — defer

Risk score87 / 100

# New system: crypto-agile by default
kem_algorithm = "CRYSTALS-Kyber-768"
sig_algorithm = "CRYSTALS-Dilithium-3"
hash_algorithm = "SHA3-256"
# Swap-ready via config, no rebuild
agility_profile = "NIST-PQC-2024"

IBM Eagle (127 qubits)2023 ✓

1,000 logical qubit thresholdEst. 2027–29

RSA-2048 factoring capableEst. 2030–35

Your migration deadlineSet target

Next standard reviewNIST 2026

Use Cases

Who Needs Quantum Readiness Now

Some organizations face the quantum threat more acutely than others. If your data has a long shelf life or you operate critical infrastructure, you're already in the window.

CISOs & Security Leaders

Building a post-quantum strategy before the board demands one — and before the migration timeline becomes impossible to meet without a crisis-level budget.

Inventory cryptographic exposure across the full technology stack
Build a board-ready quantum risk brief with sourced timelines
Prioritize migration by risk, not by urgency of vendor pressure
Establish crypto-agility as an architectural standard

PQC strategy in place14% of orgs

Have crypto inventory31% of orgs

Board aware of risk42% of orgs

Migration started8% of orgs

Financial Services

Transaction records, account history, and customer data with decade-long retention requirements are prime targets for harvest-now-decrypt-later attacks already underway.

Protect transaction records required to stay confidential for 10+ years
Comply with DORA, FFIEC, and emerging PQC regulatory guidance
Secure interbank communication and settlement infrastructure
Migrate HSM and PKI infrastructure before standards are revoked

Regulatory PQC guidanceActive — 2024

Data retention requirement7–10 years

HSM migration complexityHIGH

SWIFT PQC timelineGuidance issued

Healthcare Organizations

Patient records have 75-year retention requirements in many jurisdictions. Data created today is a direct target for adversaries who know the quantum window is approaching.

Protect patient records with multi-decade confidentiality requirements
Secure medical imaging and genomic data against future exposure
Migrate legacy EMR and imaging system cryptography
Comply with HHS post-quantum guidance and HIPAA updates

Retention period (US)Up to 75 years

Genomic data sensitivityLIFETIME

Legacy system complexityVERY HIGH

HHS PQC guidancePublished 2024

Government & Defense

CNSA 2.0 mandates post-quantum algorithms for national security systems by 2030. Classified data harvested today by adversaries will be decryptable on the day CRQC arrives.

Meet CNSA 2.0 and NSA post-quantum mandate timelines
Protect classified communications and intelligence from HNDL attacks
Migrate PKI and certificate infrastructure to PQC standards
Assess quantum advantage for national computing strategy

NSA CNSA 2.0 deadline2030

NIST PQC standardsFinalized 2024

CISA PQ readiness guidePublished

Migration urgencyCRITICAL

Threat Map

Cryptographic Algorithm Risk Matrix

A reference view of current algorithms, their quantum vulnerability, and migration status — the core of any post-quantum readiness program.

Algorithm	Type	Quantum Risk	Attack Method	Effective Security Loss	PQC Replacement
RSA-2048	Public key / Encryption	Critical	Shor's Algorithm	Complete break	CRYSTALS-Kyber
ECDSA / ECDH	Signatures / Key Exchange	Critical	Quantum DLog	Complete break	CRYSTALS-Dilithium
Diffie-Hellman	Key Exchange	Critical	Shor's Algorithm	Complete break	CRYSTALS-Kyber
AES-128	Symmetric Encryption	High	Grover's Algorithm	64-bit effective security	AES-256
AES-256	Symmetric Encryption	Manageable	Grover's Algorithm	128-bit effective security	Retain / upgrade key hygiene
SHA-256	Hash Function	Low	Grover's (collision)	128-bit effective security	SHA-3 or retain
CRYSTALS-Kyber	Post-Quantum KEM	PQC Safe	No known quantum attack	Full security retained	N/A — target standard
CRYSTALS-Dilithium	Post-Quantum Signature	PQC Safe	No known quantum attack	Full security retained	N/A — target standard

What Leaders Say

Trusted by Organizations That Can't Afford to Be Wrong

qubit.ms gave us the only honest timeline I've seen. Everyone else is selling urgency with no substance. This helped us build a board case that was credible, not panic-driven — and the budget followed.

Kristin Larson

CISO, Regional Healthcare Network

The harvest-now-decrypt-later framing changed how our board thinks about quantum. It stopped being a future problem and started being a current liability. That shift unlocked real budget for PQC migration.

Rafael Morales

Chief Risk Officer, Investment Bank

We used the crypto inventory framework to find 3,200 vulnerable certificates we didn't know existed. Finding them now, while we have time to migrate properly, is exactly the difference between a managed transition and a crisis.

Seo-Yeon Park

Head of Cryptography, Government Agency

FAQ

Common Questions

When will quantum computers actually break RSA?+

Most credible estimates put a cryptographically relevant quantum computer (CRQC) capable of breaking RSA-2048 in the 2030–2035 window, with high uncertainty in both directions. The key insight is that the migration to post-quantum cryptography takes 5–10 years for large organizations — which means waiting for clarity before starting is already too late for many institutions.

What is "harvest now, decrypt later" and why does it matter now?+

Nation-state adversaries — primarily China, Russia, and North Korea — are actively collecting encrypted network traffic today, storing it, and waiting for quantum hardware that can decrypt it retroactively. If you have data that must remain confidential for 10+ years, it is already being targeted. This isn't a future threat — it's a current data exfiltration campaign with a delayed impact.

What are the NIST post-quantum standards?+

NIST finalized three post-quantum cryptography standards in 2024: FIPS 203 (CRYSTALS-Kyber) for key encapsulation, FIPS 204 (CRYSTALS-Dilithium) for digital signatures, and FIPS 205 (SPHINCS+) for hash-based signatures. These replace RSA, ECDSA, and Diffie-Hellman for quantum-resistant cryptography. qubit.ms provides detailed migration guidance for all three.

What is crypto-agility and do we actually need it?+

Crypto-agility is the design principle of building systems so that cryptographic algorithms can be swapped without requiring a full system rebuild. It matters because post-quantum standards will continue to evolve — NIST will release additional algorithms and may update existing ones. Organizations that bake specific algorithms into hard-coded implementations will face the migration cost repeatedly. Those with crypto-agile architectures make the change once.

Where should we start if our organization has never done a crypto inventory?+

Start with the data that carries the highest confidentiality requirement and the longest retention period. Healthcare records, financial data with decade-long retention, classified materials, and long-lived intellectual property are your highest-risk assets. Inventory the cryptographic algorithms protecting them first — certificates, key exchange mechanisms, and storage encryption — before widening scope. qubit.ms provides an inventory framework and tooling integrations to accelerate this process.

Is quantum computing also an opportunity, not just a threat?+

Yes — but the hype significantly outpaces current reality for most commercial use cases. Quantum genuinely offers advantages for specific optimization problems, certain simulation tasks in chemistry and materials science, and some machine learning workloads. However, today's quantum hardware is noisy, requires extreme cooling, and is limited to problems with specific mathematical structure. qubit.ms covers both sides honestly — tracking where quantum advantage is real and where it's marketing.

Where QuantumMeets Security.