In early 2026, the “Year of Quantum Security” was officially declared by global standards bodies. While fully fault-tolerant quantum computers are still on the horizon, the threat of “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later” (HNDL) is real. Bad actors are currently stealing encrypted data, betting that a quantum computer in 2030 will crack it in seconds.
The 2026 Quantum Readiness Audit is now a mandatory boardroom exercise. Companies are migrating to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)—new mathematical algorithms that even a quantum computer can’t easily break. If your organization hasn’t started its inventory of vulnerable public-key encryption (RSA, ECC), you are already behind. Security is no longer just about stopping today’s hackers; it’s about future-proofing against the physics of tomorrow.