Retiring SHA-1 Took More Than a Decade: Lessons for Post-Quantum Planning
Retiring SHA-1 took the public web almost 12 years, and NIST's end date for every use is December 31, 2030. Post-quantum planners can learn…
Which US Federal Post-Quantum Deadline Binds You
Federal post-quantum policy now sets dates, not intentions. Five June 2026 documents assign different deadlines to different system classes. Here is how to find…
A Field Guide to Global PQC Deadlines
More than a dozen national authorities have published post-quantum deadlines. They agree on 2035 and disagree on almost everything before it. A field guide…
Building a Crypto Inventory That Covers the Whole Estate
Cryptography hides in places no network scanner reaches. A domain-by-domain guide to finding it, and to what every inventory record has to say once…
The Three Shapes of Objection That Stall a PQC Program
Most post-quantum programs stall on organizational arguments, not technical ones. The recurring objections come in three shapes, and each one can be answered without…
No One Can Cost a PQC Migration. Fund It Anyway.
There is no benchmark for a post-quantum migration, because no enterprise has finished one. You can still build a defensible budget from numbers your…
Who Should Own Post-Quantum Migration
Post-quantum migration programs stall on ownership, not technology. Four tests for naming the accountable executive, and the mandate, budget, and authority the role needs…
What Crypto Holders and Builders Should Do Now
No quantum computer can break blockchain signatures today. The published migration deadlines still bind. Here is what to do without waiting for anyone.
What Bitcoin’s Post-Quantum Migration Actually Requires
A new output type, a signature algorithm choice, a fee-market renegotiation, and a multi-year UTXO sunset. The engineering pieces of Bitcoin's PQC migration, and…
Pick One Layer: Choosing the PQC Migration That Protects Most
Nested encryption composes in the defender's favor. One quantum-safe confidentiality layer protects the payload underneath it, which makes the first migration decision a choosing…