Preparing for post-quantum encryption: What organizations should do now
We consider the emerging standards and the practical, legal, and governance steps organizations should take now.
Quantum computers capable of breaking widely used public-key cryptography may still be years away, but migration (to alternative encryption algorithms expected to be resistant to quantum computers) will take time and some data is already exposed to “harvest now, decrypt later” risk.
In July 2026, the UK National Cyber Security