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Quantum Readiness & Post-Quantum (PQC) Consulting
A plain-language quantum readiness assessment for leaders: understand harvest-now-decrypt-later, align to the NIST post-quantum standards and the federal PQC mandate, and get a prioritized migration roadmap you can act on.
Leaders keep hearing that quantum computing will break today's encryption and that AI introduces new risks. What they rarely hear is what it means for their organization, or what to actually do about it. We translate the noise into a clear, prioritized plan.
Quantum readiness is the work of preparing an organization for the day quantum computers can break today's public-key encryption. In practice it means inventorying where you depend on vulnerable cryptography, prioritizing what to protect first, and planning a migration to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) using the standards NIST finalized in 2024. It is a governance and risk exercise first, an engineering one second.
Harvest now, decrypt later is the practice of adversaries collecting encrypted data today so they can decrypt it once quantum computers mature. Any data that must stay confidential for years, health, financial, legal, defense, or trade-secret data, is effectively at risk right now. That is why post-quantum readiness planning starts today rather than at the moment quantum computers arrive.
In August 2024, NIST published the first post-quantum cryptography standards (ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA). U.S. federal policy, through national security memoranda and OMB guidance, directs agencies and their partners to inventory vulnerable cryptography and begin migrating. Regulated firms, federal integrators, and government-adjacent organizations are increasingly expected to hold a PQC migration plan. We align your roadmap to these sources.
Leadership teams, boards, federal integrators, security leaders, and regulated firms concerned about the quantum threat to encryption and post-quantum migration. National engagements; no geographic limit.
Executive AI-Risk & Quantum Briefing
Quantum & PQC Readiness Assessment
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Prices are fixed by tier. Your tier depends on scope, number of participants, customization, and timeline. Software, advertising, filing, legal, tax, travel, and third-party costs are excluded unless specifically stated. New Hampshire businesses receive our local rate; standard, enterprise, and federal engagements are quoted by proposal, since these buyers are frequently national.
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Quantum readiness is preparing your organization for the day quantum computers can break today's public-key encryption: inventorying vulnerable cryptography, prioritizing what to protect first, and planning a migration to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) using the NIST standards finalized in 2024.
Quantum readiness advisors translate the transition into an executive plan, a cryptographic inventory, a risk-prioritized roadmap, and coordination with your engineers. OnShoreWave provides that plain-language advisory, informed by SecureFi Institute research, and coordinates specialists for implementation.
Adversaries collect encrypted data today to decrypt it once quantum computers mature. Any data that must stay confidential for years is already at risk, which is why readiness planning starts now, not when quantum computers arrive.
Yes. NIST published the first PQC standards (ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA) in August 2024, and U.S. federal policy directs agencies and partners to begin migrating. Regulated and government-adjacent organizations are increasingly expected to have a PQC migration plan.
No. The briefing and assessment are deliberately plain-language and aimed at leadership teams and boards, not engineers, while staying technically accurate.
We advise, assess, and set the roadmap. Cryptographic implementation and security engineering are coordinated with or referred to specialists.
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