Post-Quantum Cryptography

Cryptographic standards define digital trust, but they also reflect policy, power, and risk. Learn how transparency and agility create verifiable trust.

Quantum computers could break today’s cryptography. Discover five PQC approaches, NIST standards, and how agility keeps cybersecurity future-proof.

Attackers exploit current cryptographic vulnerabilities. Malicious actors intercept encrypted communications, store them indefinitely, and wait patiently for quantum advancements to render encryption obsolete. This might raise a natural question: why would someone care about decrypting data a decade from now?

Indecision is the basis of flexibility. WHAT IS CRYPTOGRAPHIC AGILITY? Cryptographic agility is the principle of designing systems in a way that allows cryptographic algorithms and protocols to be swapped out with minimal friction. Is opposite is hardcoding: rather than embedding a specific algorithm like RSA or SHA-256 deep within your application, you externalize it, … Read more

And when you look along the way we’ve come, there are spirals of vultures wheeling. — Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines (2012) THE NEED FOR SECURITY Sometimes we need a gentle reminder of harsh realities. Security isn’t a luxury item; security is a basic precondition for survival. At the very basis of the pyramid formed by … Read more

The Trusted Signature You’re alone in a quiet gallery of the Rijksmuseum, the soft hum of security systems barely audible beneath the air conditioning. A dim spotlight falls on a delicate sketch, its ink lines sharp against aged parchment. The plaque reads: Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1640. Experts have certified it. It’s catalogued, insured, cited. … Read more