PQC, a software based approach using classical IT infrastructure, deals with the quantum threat by implementing algorithms that are resilient to Quantum attacks. However, for PQC it is uncertain whether it can be implemented in an effective and controlled process that doesn’t affect the daily operations, and what level of security it will ultimately offer.
The underlying main issue in big organizations is their current lack of ‘Crypto- Agility’, meaning that it will take a long time before they have changed their current cryptography landscape to Quantum-Safe cryptography. Estimates for the time required for PQC migration of large systems range from 10 years in best case and ~25 years in worst case scenarios.
Discover
Understand which secure and insecure cryptographic protocols are being used within your networks and learn how to inventorize your cryptography landscape. QGF will organize workshops and learning sessions on how to start your inventory, how to undertake numerate risk assessments for long term security threats, and to identify the methods that are most suitable for your organization.
Awareness
During the quantum awareness workshop your organisation gets a basic understanding of the quantum threats including knowledge and insights into Quantum developments. As a member of the quantum gateway foundation, we will share the latest news and development in an aggregate way via periodic newsletters with you.
Tools
Quantum gateway foundation supports organisations in performing a quantum risk assessment as every company has their own risk appetite, this will aid to understand the instant cryptography threats. In this stage we will introduce our crypto agility farmwork and workshops to focus on the main issues and why it is important to have an up-to-date cryptography inventory.
Technology
We developed Quantum Shield as an automated tool to complement your cryptography inventory and achieve maximum preparedness for your organisation against the quantum threat. Quantum Shield provides security leaders and specialists with important insights and statistics for their cryptography resilience program. It progresses the cryptography management challenge from ad-hoc and responsive to understood, measured and in-control.
Design
Create your future Quantum-Safe landscape and use different technologies and methods. Test and Experiment with the latest Quantum-Safe and quantum cryptography technology and get detailed performance insights through simulation of your landscape. QGF facilitate your organization, starting with the most appropriate architecture principles, which will help you in designing your future landscape and your migration project strategy.
Principles
Quantum resilience and crypto agility are the foundations of your future landscape and are part of the out-of-the-box list of architecture principles and metrics of QGF for designing your Quantum safe landscape.
Learn the next generation architecture principles to make your environment safe and prepared for the future as new requirements are needed to be safe and stay safe.
Test & Analyse
During this step you can simulate your application stack with Quantum-Safe technology on the quantum security studio platform of Quantum Gateway Foundation. This experiment can also be performed on your private stack.
You will get access to Quantum safe technology such as: Post Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Key Distribution, Quantum Random Number Generators, Quantum safe Network Encryptors, Quantum-Safe key management systems and more.
The test included load and performance testing against QGF out-of-the-box performance metrics feedback loop between test and design to give detailed insights into performance metrics and traces of the simulated environment and is a direct feedback loop between test and design.
Plan
The output of design and test steps including the results of the simulation is input for your Quantum-Safe migration program plan which include quick fixes, strategic implementations, migration planning, stakeholders, challenges and opportunities.
Protect
Protect your high-risk systems to ensure security now and get ready for the future, so that your organization will have sufficient time, resources and access to quality solutions for upgrades of complex systems to become resilience against the quantum threat.
Migrate
Start your journey to Quantum-Safe with QGF by designing and executing a customized program for your migration. Critical application should get prioritised based on the risk appetite of the organisation and ensure that you protect weak applications for proper upgrade / replacement.
Start protecting your important assets and business critical applications right now using Quantum Path for securing mobile client-server connections, or symmetric network encryptors for legacy site-to-site connections. Implementing these kind of solutions will also give you time to implement new PQC algorithms without any time pressure.
Monitor
Crypto agility is not a state but a continuous process and therefor implement continuous monitoring of your Quantum resilience, by scanning endpoints for quantum-Safe configurations and your network for weak security protocols.
Connect
There is a lack of good cryptography and quantum safe experts. Quantum Gateway foundation has access to quantum cryptographers, Cybersecurity experts, IT consultants and other end-users to help you protect your organization against future threats., so stay connected.