PQC & Quantum Migration • PQ-01
Cryptographic Discovery
You cannot migrate cryptography you cannot find.
Scope
What the engagement covers.
Cryptography hides in certificates, libraries, firmware, hardcoded keys, protocols and vendor products. Discovery builds the inventory and dependency graph that every later decision depends on.
Included capabilities
- Certificate, key and secret discovery across network, cloud and endpoint
- Library and protocol inventory from code, containers and running systems
- Hardware dependency mapping across HSM, secure element and appliance
- Vendor and third-party cryptographic dependency capture
- Dependency graph showing what breaks if an algorithm changes
Outputs and deliverables
- Cryptographic asset inventory with ownership
- Algorithm, key length and protocol distribution analysis
- Dependency graph and migration choke-point analysis
- Discovery refresh procedure and tooling configuration
Workflow
How it is delivered, step by step.
Each step has an owner, an entry condition and an artefact that has to exist before the next step begins.
01PlanScope, data sources, scanning windows and access approvals.
02ScanNetwork, code, configuration, container and endpoint discovery.
03CorrelateDe-duplicate and resolve findings into unique cryptographic assets.
04GraphBuild dependency relationships and identify choke points.
05BaselinePublish the inventory and set the refresh cadence.
Use cases
Where this is typically applied.
Regulatory request to evidence cryptographic posture
Preparing for certificate lifecycle automation
Delivery model
The operating pattern for PQC & Quantum Migration.
The same delivery discipline applies across every capability in this line, so combined engagements stay coherent.
Discover
Find every certificate, key, library, protocol and hardware dependency.
Prioritize
Rank by harvest-now-decrypt-later exposure, data life and migration effort.
Design
Hybrid profiles, agility interfaces, PKI and key lifecycle target state.
Migrate
Waves, pilots, fallback paths, exception handling and change control.
Operate
Posture monitoring, algorithm governance, revalidation and reporting.
Integration
- Certificate lifecycle management and PKI platforms already in place.
- HSM estate, key management services and cloud KMS.
- CI/CD pipelines, so crypto inventory stays current as code ships.
- Asset and configuration management for device and endpoint coverage.
Engagement approach
Most clients begin with discovery and risk mapping as a contained first phase, because nothing else can be planned credibly without an inventory. Migration then runs in waves aligned to certificate renewal and platform refresh cycles rather than as a separate programme.
Related
Other capabilities in PQC & Quantum Migration.
PQ-02
CBOM / SBOM Enrichment
Extend the software bill of materials until it answers cryptographic questions.
PQ-03HNDL / TNFL Risk Assessment
Rank migration by the data that is already being collected against you.
PQ-04Crypto-Agility Architecture
Design so the next algorithm change is a configuration decision, not a rebuild.
PQ-05Hybrid PQC Migration
Run classical and post-quantum together until the ecosystem is ready to drop one.
PQ-06PKI Modernization
Rebuild the certificate authority estate so it can issue what comes next.
PQ-07Digital Signature Migration
Protect signatures that must remain verifiable for decades.
PQ-08Secure Communication Migration
Make the channels quantum-safe without breaking the people who use them.
PQ-09IoT / OT PQC Migration
The hardest estate: constrained devices with long lives and no easy update path.
PQ-10PQC Test Lab & Validation
A place to break things before production does it for you.
PQ-11Governance & Reporting
Keep a multi-year cryptographic programme honest between milestones.
PQ-12Training & Capability Transfer
Leave the client able to run the programme without the consultant.