by Mark Albertson
Most enterprises now have post-quantum cryptography initiatives underway. The problem is that very few have implemented quantum-safe protections across their infrastructure.
This gap was highlighted recently in a survey released by digital trust company DigiCert Inc. The report’s findings indicated that 87% of organizations were planning, testing or implementing post-quantum cryptography initiatives, while only 7% had deployed quantum-safe or hybrid cryptography across most of their digital certificates.
The survey offered one more example of the challenges ahead for enterprises seeking to protect critical systems in a world where cryptographic algorithms may become obsolete, leaving systems vulnerable to attack.
“Post-quantum migration will test enterprise resilience as much as cryptographic strength,” said theCUBE Research’s Krista Case. “Cryptography is deeply embedded across applications, infrastructure and critical business processes, often through dependencies organizations don’t fully understand. Crypto-agility gives enterprises a way to discover, prioritize and change those dependencies without putting business operations at risk. That capability needs to be built before quantum risk becomes an operational deadline.”
