Security Engineering
Quantum Readiness & Post-Quantum Security
Cryptographic inventories, quantum-risk roadmaps and migration to the NIST post-quantum standards before adversaries can decrypt what they collect today.
Overview
Protect today's secrets from tomorrow's quantum computers.
Adversaries are already collecting encrypted data to decrypt once quantum computers can break today's public-key cryptography. CDT helps you find every place cryptography is used, decide what to protect first, and migrate to the NIST post-quantum standards in line with NSM-10 and NSA's CNSA 2.0 timelines, without breaking the systems that depend on it.
What's included
Capabilities
Cryptographic discovery & inventory
Where and how cryptography is used across your applications, protocols, devices, certificates and suppliers.
Quantum risk assessment & roadmap
Systems prioritized by data lifespan and "harvest now, decrypt later" exposure, with a migration plan aligned to NSM-10 and CNSA 2.0.
Post-quantum migration engineering
NIST-standardized algorithms (FIPS 203 ML-KEM, FIPS 204 ML-DSA, FIPS 205 SLH-DSA) implemented, including hybrid approaches and crypto agility.
Validation & vendor readiness
Post-quantum implementations tested for interoperability and performance, and suppliers' quantum-readiness roadmaps assessed.
How we work
A proven, repeatable process.
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Requirements
We work with your teams to define mission, performance and compliance requirements up front.
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Architecture
A secure architecture designed around your framework: STIGs, RMF controls or your own standards.
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Build & harden
Systems are built, configured and hardened in advance, with documentation produced as we go.
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Validate
We test the system against its requirements before it goes live, so there are no surprises at inspection.
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Operate & sustain
DevSecOps operations and maintenance keep the system patched, compliant and ready.
Why prepare for quantum computing now?
Data encrypted today can be recorded and decrypted later. Anything that must stay confidential for years, such as national security information, health records or intellectual property, is already at risk, and migrating cryptography across large environments takes years.
Which standards do you follow?
NIST's post-quantum standards (FIPS 203, 204 and 205), the migration direction in National Security Memorandum 10, and, for national security systems, NSA's Commercial National Security Algorithm Suite 2.0 (CNSA 2.0).
Related services
Often paired with
Security Engineering
Secure Systems Engineering
Turn-key systems designed and hardened in advance to your compliance framework or standard.
Security Engineering
Classified Network Engineering
SIPRNet and classified environments engineered, authorized and sustained, including our CipherX solution.
Security Engineering
System Hardening & STIG Implementation
RMF controls and DISA STIGs implemented and operationalized, not just documented.
Let's talk
Let's talk about quantum readiness & post-quantum security.
Talk with a CDT engineer about your mission, your systems and your deadlines. We'll tell you honestly what it takes.