Prepare your migration: Test the impact of PQC
The challenges
PQC: The Unknown Factor That's Sabotaging Your Projects
The impacts of post-quantum cryptography (PQC) on infrastructure and use cases (performance, integration, compatibility, and lifecycle) remain poorly understood, making it difficult to plan or budget for the migration.
Uncertain Impact on Performance
“The actual impact of PQC on performance and architectures remains difficult to predict.”
Consequences:
- Risk of degraded SLAs
- Reluctance to deploy in production
- Delayed technical decisions
Lack of alignment around PQC
“PQC is complex and abstract; stakeholders do not clearly understand its implications.”
Conséquences:
- Low buy-in from senior leadership
- Siloed decision-making
- Lack of direction on PQC transition
High risk during PQC deployment
“We are unable to predict where PQC might cause incompatibilities or disrupt existing processes.”
Consequences:
- Unidentified dependencies
- Unforeseen incidents during deployment
- Increased migration costs and delays
Difficulty in moving from strategy to execution
“PQC has been identified as a strategic priority, but we don’t know where to start.”
Consequences:
- Decision-making paralysis
- Transformation plans disconnected from real-world realities
- Missed budget opportunities and transformation windows
“The roadmap for the transition to PQC should promote joint pilot projects at the European level to test the interoperability of PQC in cross-border services by 2030.”
Our Approach
The PQC Pilot Package is an evaluation platform designed to measure the real-world impact of post-quantum cryptography and prepare your organization for an enterprise-wide migration. By testing directly on your business use cases, move from theory to decisions based on concrete, measurable data before any production deployment. This is a crucial first step to embarking on the PQC transition methodically and with confidence.
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Assess the Impact on Performance
Before any large-scale deployment, it is essential to understand exactly how post-quantum cryptography affects your systems under real-world conditions. The PQC Pilot Package allows you to concretely measure the effects on your use cases: latency, throughput, memory consumption, and operational load.
This provides reliable, actionable metrics to anticipate necessary adjustments, scale future efforts, and prepare for a production rollout without any unpleasant surprises or decisions made in the dark.
02
Anticipate Deployment Challenges
PQC migration is not merely a matter of replacing algorithms. It affects interdependent systems, established processes, and compatibility constraints that are often difficult to anticipate until the very last moment. By identifying these obstacles, such as technical incompatibilities, critical dependencies, and impacts on existing workflows, as early as the pilot phase, operational risk can be significantly reduced.
This helps to avoid incidents, cost overruns, and delays that all too often occur during deployments carried out without sufficient preparation.
03
Build Team Skills and Alignment
The success of a PQC migration depends as much on organizational alignment as it does on technical choices. The PQC Pilot Package offers an opportunity to raise awareness among executive, IT, and technical teams about the challenges of post-quantum cryptography and crypto-agility.
By involving all stakeholders from the pilot phase onward, build a shared understanding of the challenges and foster cross-functional buy-in that extends far beyond cybersecurity teams alone.
04
Create a Post-Quantum Migration Plan
A well-executed pilot project is the foundation of a credible, shared roadmap for the transition to PQC. By combining an inventory of cryptographic uses, an assessment of crypto-agility, and an analysis of the impacts of PQC algorithms, the data needed to sequence actions, prioritize projects, and align all stakeholders around clear objectives can be obtained.
This structured approach ensures a secure transition, avoids disruptions to existing systems, and prevents the creation of new cryptographic debt.
Why CryptoNext Security?
Proven expertise. Tailored pilots. Measurable outcomes.
Over 20 PQC projects based on real-world use cases
CryptoNext Security has built unique hands-on expertise, working alongside some of the most demanding organizations: banks, defense contractors, and critical infrastructure operators. This accumulated experience translates into a proven methodology and concrete insights, directly applicable to structuring your PQC migration with confidence.
CryptoNextSecurity, a recognized leader in PQC
ABI Research, Bain Capital Ventures, Gartner, and IDC Innovators have recognized CryptoNext Security as a leading player in post-quantum cryptography. This reputation is built on 25 years of research and internationally recognized expertise, which guarantees that you are relying on the best in PQC.
Customized pilot projects tailored to your priorities
The PQC Pilot Package does not offer a generic assessment. Each pilot project is designed around your specific use cases, technical constraints, and business priorities. This customized approach delivers results can be immediately applied to your context.
A structured, measurable, and reproducible assessment
Don’t make critical decisions based on assumptions. The PQC Pilot Package enables you to conduct concrete, structured, and reproducible tests that produce reliable and comparable metrics. This provides a solid foundation to guide your migration with confidence.
PQC’s expert resources
Testing PQC Before Migration: An Essential Step
Migrating to post-quantum cryptography is not a simple upgrade: it is a fundamental shift that affects performance, interoperability, and governance across your entire IT environment. This article highlights why pilot projects are a vital first step. Learn how targeted testing helps you anticipate technical impacts, validate algorithm choices, and prepare your teams for a successful, organization-wide transition to quantum-safe security.
Why Now is the Time to Migrate to Post-Quantum Security
Cryptography and the Quantum Era: What is the IT Risk for Organizations?
Cryptography is the backbone of cybersecurity. But the advent of quantum computing challenges a security model that has been considered unbreakable for 40 years. Faced with this systemic risk, post-quantum cryptography (PQC) stands as the only credible path to preserving confidentiality, integrity, and digital trust.