Introduction
QSD’s Cryptographic Maturity Assessment provides a structured view of the capabilities required for quantum readiness. We assess governance, visibility, technical controls, ownership, supplier management, transition preparedness and evidence quality, then translate findings into an executive-ready maturity profile and improvement backlog.
2026 Market & Standards Context
Crypto-agility is becoming measurable rather than conceptual. NIST’s 2026 guidance frames agility across strategy, protocols, applications, APIs, hardware, firmware and operational processes, while European migration planning increasingly expects organisations to understand their exposure before implementation waves begin. A modern maturity assessment therefore needs to test more than algorithm strength: it should measure inventory quality, ownership, supplier transparency, policy control, abstraction, testing, rollback, exception handling, metrics and evidence. Those capabilities determine whether an organisation can absorb PQC—and the cryptographic transition after PQC—without repeated disruption.
Why It Matters
- Organisations can have strong security controls while still lacking a complete cryptographic inventory or explicit algorithm ownership.
- Maturity gaps typically span both technology and governance: policy, procurement, architecture, lifecycle management and audit evidence.
- A baseline score creates a repeatable way to measure progress across business units and migration waves.
Our Approach
- Confirm scope, stakeholders and assessment criteria.
- Review policies, architectures, inventories, tooling, ownership and evidence.
- Interview key teams and validate maturity against practical quantum-transition capabilities.
- Score findings, identify priority gaps and produce a target maturity path.
What You Receive
- Current-state maturity scorecard
- Domain-by-domain gap analysis
- Evidence map
- Priority remediation backlog
- Target maturity profile
- Executive presentation and roadmap inputs
Relevant Standards & Context
ISO/IEC 27001 · NIST CSF · NIST PQC standards · NIS2 · DORA · GDPR