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Post Quantum Cryptography and Compliance Reality.pdf
Post-Quantum Cryptography just entered operational reality.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS shipped this week — and the most significant change wasn't the new desktop or the Rust-based utilities.
It was this: PQC is now the default. Not opt-in. Not a beta flag. The default.
Every SSH session and TLS connection on a fresh Ubuntu 26.04 install now negotiates ML-KEM-768 — NIST's finalised post-quantum key exchange — alongside the classical X25519. An attacker must break both to compromise the session.
Five things CISOs and compliance teams should do now
1 — Run a cryptographic asset inventory: Map every use of RSA, ECDH, ECDSA, and DH across your systems, libraries, certificates, and third-party integrations. You cannot migrate what you cannot see.
2 — Classify data by longevity: Long-retention data is your highest HNDL priority. Start the migration there.
3 — Document your position under ISO 27001 A.8.24: "Use of Cryptography" already requires a documented policy. An undocumented risk decision on HNDL is itself a compliance gap.
4 — Include PQC in your vendor risk programme: Your quantum exposure is only as low as your weakest cryptographic dependency. Ask your key vendors when they're moving.
5 — Upgrade TLS and SSH first: Ubuntu 26.04 has done this for new deployments. For existing infrastructure, this is the practical starting point — hybrid ML-KEM with classical fallback, backward compatible, running today.
Enterprise infrastructure migrations at scale take 5–10 years.
CRQCs — quantum computers powerful enough to break RSA-2048 — are 7–15 years away by most estimates.
The window is narrowing.
Ubuntu 26.04 is the infrastructure layer moving.
The compliance and regulatory layer is next.
Is your organisation tracking PQC readiness? Have you run a cryptographic inventory yet? Genuinely curious where teams are on this.
#PostQuantumCryptography #PQC #Cryptography #CISO #Cybersecurity #ISO27001 #Compliance #Ubuntu #NIST #LowerPlane #InformationSecurity
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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS shipped this week — and the most significant change wasn't the new desktop or the Rust-based utilities.
It was this: PQC is now the default. Not opt-in. Not a beta flag. The default.
Every SSH session and TLS connection on a fresh Ubuntu 26.04 install now negotiates ML-KEM-768 — NIST's finalised post-quantum key exchange — alongside the classical X25519. An attacker must break both to compromise the session.
Five things CISOs and compliance teams should do now
1 — Run a cryptographic asset inventory: Map every use of RSA, ECDH, ECDSA, and DH across your systems, libraries, certificates, and third-party integrations. You cannot migrate what you cannot see.
2 — Classify data by longevity: Long-retention data is your highest HNDL priority. Start the migration there.
3 — Document your position under ISO 27001 A.8.24: "Use of Cryptography" already requires a documented policy. An undocumented risk decision on HNDL is itself a compliance gap.
4 — Include PQC in your vendor risk programme: Your quantum exposure is only as low as your weakest cryptographic dependency. Ask your key vendors when they're moving.
5 — Upgrade TLS and SSH first: Ubuntu 26.04 has done this for new deployments. For existing infrastructure, this is the practical starting point — hybrid ML-KEM with classical fallback, backward compatible, running today.
Enterprise infrastructure migrations at scale take 5–10 years.
CRQCs — quantum computers powerful enough to break RSA-2048 — are 7–15 years away by most estimates.
The window is narrowing.
Ubuntu 26.04 is the infrastructure layer moving.
The compliance and regulatory layer is next.
Is your organisation tracking PQC readiness? Have you run a cryptographic inventory yet? Genuinely curious where teams are on this.
#PostQuantumCryptography #PQC #Cryptography #CISO #Cybersecurity #ISO27001 #Compliance #Ubuntu #NIST #LowerPlane #InformationSecurity
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