Security in a new era

Cryptography is embedded across applications, infrastructure, hardware, firmware, certificates, keys, cloud services, vendors, and legacy dependencies. Much of it is hard to identify, and some sits outside your control. Building a complete picture will take time. In the meantime, organizations must act without full visibility into where vulnerable cryptography exists or what depends on it.

Post-quantum adoption will not happen everywhere at once. Applications, platforms, hardware, suppliers, standards, and operational environments will move on different timelines. This creates a long period where post-quantum, classical, hybrid, and externally managed systems must coexist. Organizations need practical ways to introduce protected capabilities while the ecosystem evolves.

Cloud providers, vendors, and infrastructure partners may update the layers they manage, but responsibility for applications, integrations, data, workflows, and residual exposure remains with the organization. Customers, regulators, boards, insurers, and procurement teams will increasingly expect evidence that risks are understood, priorities are defined, and protections are already in place.

Responsibility is split across security teams, application owners, infrastructure groups, cloud providers, hardware vendors, and external partners. No single team controls the full cryptographic environment. This fragmentation makes coordinated action difficult. Organizations need defined areas where they can establish stronger protection, clearer policy, and verifiable control today.