The Quantum Clock Is Ticking. Most Organizations Don't Know What They Need to Fix.

Axiad co-founder Bassam Al-Khalidi argues that post-quantum readiness is an identity problem before it's a cryptography problem. The algorithms are settled; the hard part is finding the forgotten keys, certificates, and machine identities that could become tomorrow's biggest vulnerabilities.

Axiad co-founder and chief innovation officer Bassam Al-Khalidi argues that post-quantum readiness is an identity problem before it's a cryptography problem. The algorithms are largely settled; what sinks enterprises is the inability to find and inventory the forgotten keys, certificates, machine identities, and credentials that could become tomorrow's biggest vulnerabilities. The article covers the 2029 deadline set by Google and Cloudflare, why authentication is the harder near-term challenge, the risk of non-human identities and code-signing keys, five questions for ranking cryptographic assets, and a 90-day action plan.