Webinar Description
Key Takeaways
- Practical guidance on preparing public key infrastructure for post-quantum cryptography migration
- Focus on cryptographic inventory, crypto agility and dependency mapping
- Designed for PKI teams, security architects and infrastructure professionals
- Addresses application, platform and vendor readiness considerations
Introduction
PKI Insights is hosting a webinar focused on post-quantum cryptography readiness for organisations managing public key infrastructure. The session targets PKI teams and security professionals who need to understand the practical steps required before migrating away from current cryptographic standards such as RSA and ECC. With quantum computing capabilities advancing and standardisation bodies finalising post-quantum algorithms, the question of when and how to transition has become increasingly pressing for enterprise security teams.
Understanding the PQC Readiness Challenge
Post-quantum cryptography represents a fundamental shift in how organisations protect sensitive data and communications. Current asymmetric cryptographic systems, including RSA and elliptic curve cryptography, rely on mathematical problems that sufficiently powerful quantum computers could eventually solve. While large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computers remain years away, the cryptographic community has already developed and standardised quantum-resistant algorithms to address this future threat.
For most organisations, however, the immediate priority is not algorithm replacement. The more pressing concern involves understanding existing cryptographic dependencies across applications, platforms and vendor relationships. Many enterprises lack comprehensive visibility into where cryptographic functions are embedded within their infrastructure, making it difficult to assess the scope of any future migration effort.
Preparing PKI Teams for Migration
The webinar addresses several foundational activities that PKI teams should undertake before post-quantum migration becomes operationally necessary. Cryptographic inventory represents a critical first step, requiring organisations to catalogue where cryptographic algorithms are deployed, which systems depend on them, and how certificates and keys flow through the infrastructure.
Crypto agility emerges as another central theme. This concept refers to an organisation’s ability to update or replace cryptographic algorithms without requiring wholesale system redesigns. Architectures built with crypto agility in mind can adapt more readily to new standards, reducing the cost and complexity of future transitions. For organisations that have not prioritised this flexibility, the path to post-quantum readiness may involve significant remediation work.
Application and platform compatibility also warrant careful assessment. Not all software, hardware or cloud services currently support post-quantum algorithms, and interoperability challenges may arise when different components of an infrastructure migrate at different rates. Understanding these compatibility gaps early allows organisations to engage vendors, plan upgrades and sequence migration activities appropriately.
Who Should Attend
This webinar is suited to PKI administrators, security architects, infrastructure engineers and IT leaders responsible for cryptographic policy and implementation. Professionals working in regulated industries or handling sensitive data will find particular relevance, as compliance frameworks increasingly reference quantum-resistant cryptography in forward-looking guidance. Those beginning to evaluate their organisation’s cryptographic posture will benefit from the structured approach to readiness assessment presented in the session.