Concept Note
QuantumSafeMigration.com
Vendor-neutral reference asset for "Quantum-Safe Migration" and "Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) migration".
This note outlines how QuantumSafeMigration.com can be used as a strategic naming asset and neutral reference
for a multi-year cryptographic transition programme. It is not a standard, not a certification, and not legal advice.
It is a language and positioning tool designed to align executives, security, IT, product, procurement and suppliers.
Quantum-Safe Migration
Post-Quantum Migration
PQC migration
Crypto-agility
Supply chain
Evidence posture
1. Purpose
Why this domain exists
Post-quantum transition has a recurring failure mode: organisations treat it as a narrow cryptography project,
then discover late that the real constraints are inventory blind spots, supplier dependencies,
product lifecycles, and governance evidence.
QuantumSafeMigration.com is designed to be a clean, vendor-neutral banner for the programme itself:
a place where the vocabulary is stable, the operating model is legible at board level, and the
timeline logic is anchored in publicly available guidance.
Core principle: this domain does not claim authority. It acts as a neutral reference surface that an acquirer
can use to structure their own programme, under their sole responsibility.
2. Terminology governance
Locking the vocabulary above tooling
The category is already subject to vocabulary drift: "quantum-safe", "post-quantum", "PQC migration".
For programme governance, the key is to keep two labels visible in all key headings:
- Primary label: Quantum-Safe Migration (programme banner, repeatable framework wording).
- Equivalent label: Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) migration (standards and transition language).
This dual-label approach reduces confusion across jurisdictions and vendors, and preserves the category label
even if supplier marketing shifts.
3. Drivers and timelines
Why timelines matter
Migration is multi-year because it impacts protocols, PKI, IAM, KMS/HSM estates, code signing, devices,
long-lived products, and third-party dependencies. Public timelines exist to prevent last-minute emergency migrations.
Milestone logic (illustrative)
- 2028: inventory and planning maturity, readiness baseline for priority domains.
- 2031: large-scale execution across priority systems and suppliers.
- 2035: targeted completion for broad migration scopes.
Exact dates and obligations vary by sector and jurisdiction. The role of this domain is to host the timeline logic
and the programme model, not to assert compliance.
4. Repeatable framework
A divide-and-conquer approach
Successful quantum-safe migrations avoid "big bang" cutovers. They run a prioritised programme, wave by wave,
and treat "hybrid" as a controlled engineering and governance decision, not an ad-hoc patchwork.
The four workstreams
- 1) Cryptographic inventory and discovery: where vulnerable public-key crypto exists (systems, products, protocols, suppliers).
- 2) Crypto-agility: the capability to replace algorithms without breaking systems, supported by durable governance.
- 3) Migration waves: prioritised execution, including controlled hybrid handling where required.
- 4) Governance and assurance: evidence, auditability posture, continuous reporting and decision traceability.
This workstream model is intentionally vendor-neutral: it remains valid regardless of which tools or providers
are selected by an acquirer.
5. Readiness scorecard
A neutral, non-commercial scorecard
A vendor-neutral scorecard helps boards and programme sponsors ask the right questions without prescribing tools:
- Inventory coverage: do we know where public-key crypto exists, including hidden dependencies?
- Crypto-agility capability: can we rotate algorithms with controlled change management?
- Supplier posture: do we have explicit requirements and evidence from critical vendors?
- Wave plan: do we have prioritised domains, sequencing, and a realistic hybrid policy?
- Evidence posture: can we demonstrate decisions, tests, and migration status to auditors and stakeholders?
6. Risk and assurance
Why "assurance" becomes the long-term differentiator
Quantum-safe migration is not only about algorithms. It is about managing risk across long-lived data and products:
- Harvest now, decrypt later: long-retention data can be collected today and decrypted later.
- Legacy and embedded systems: devices and products with long lifecycles are slow to update.
- Supply chain dependencies: vendor readiness and certification chains can become bottlenecks.
- Operational disruption: migrations can break integrations if not governed as a programme.
The programme that wins is the one that produces credible evidence over time: inventory, decisions, tests,
supplier requirements, and migration status.
7. Non-affiliation and safe use
Legal posture and disclaimers
- No affiliation: not affiliated with NIST, ETSI, NCSC, the European Commission, IBM, or any vendor.
- No certification: the site does not certify compliance or migration completion.
- No legal advice: nothing on this site constitutes legal or regulatory advice.
- Trademarks: third-party trademarks belong to their owners.
The domain is a descriptive strategic asset. The buyer is responsible for all use, content, services and compliance in their jurisdictions.
8. Appendix
Selected public sources
