Introduction
Q-TR is QSD’s platform concept for managing the full quantum-readiness lifecycle: discovery, risk prioritisation, transition planning, implementation tracking, evidence and reporting. The platform is designed to give technical teams a common operating view while providing management with measurable progress, ownership and decision transparency. Its concepts are being exercised through the Q-TR Proof of Concept & Simulation Environment, which provides a controlled path for validating workflows before broader productisation.
2026 Market & Standards Context
The PQC market is shifting from algorithm selection toward migration execution and lifecycle governance. NIST has already standardised ML-KEM, ML-DSA and SLH-DSA; SP 800-227 now provides final guidance on secure KEM use; and the 2026 crypto-agility guidance emphasises repeatable mechanisms for future algorithm change. This creates a practical governance problem: organisations need a continuously maintained link between cryptographic assets, risk decisions, target states, owners, suppliers, test evidence, exceptions and migration status. Q-TR is being designed around that operational gap, with the PoC used to validate workflows before claims of platform maturity are made.
Why It Matters
- Quantum transition programmes can span thousands of assets, multiple business units and years of coordinated change.
- Spreadsheets and isolated project trackers struggle to maintain traceability between cryptographic findings, risk decisions, implementation actions and evidence.
- A persistent governance layer enables repeatability, auditability and cryptographic agility beyond the first PQC migration.
Our Approach
- Ingest or register cryptographic assets and dependencies.
- Prioritise items using risk, data lifetime, business criticality and migration complexity.
- Track policies, owners, target algorithms, implementation status, testing and exceptions.
- Generate operational dashboards and board-level views of quantum-readiness progress.
What You Receive
- Central cryptographic inventory
- Risk and transition backlog
- Migration-wave tracking
- Policy, exception and evidence management
- Executive dashboards
- Audit-ready transition history
Relevant Standards & Context
NIST FIPS 203/204/205 · ISO/IEC 27001 · NIS2 · DORA · GDPR