PQC Exposure is an analytical publication for CISOs, security architects, and enterprise risk teams tracking what actually needs to migrate, what depends on it, and how much progress is real.
Microsoft's recent call to action emphasizes the need for organizations to assess their certificate ecosystems for post-quantum authentication readiness. With the introduction of the PQC TLS Pilot Program, the focus shifts to understanding the exposure, affected systems, and migration implications o
Recent research has derived adaptive weak-converse bounds for two-way quantum communication over noisy Gaussian channels under energy constraints. This development impacts quantum communication protocols and secure systems, but practical implications remain uncertain.
Cloudflare's introduction of ML-KEM and ML-DSA algorithms in its Workers platform marks a significant step toward addressing quantum computing risks. This article explores the implications for security exposure, affected systems, and migration strategies.
SpiderCSS introduces a scalable and fault-tolerant method for preparing CSS states, leveraging ZX-calculus for optimized circuit design. This innovation addresses a critical bottleneck in large-scale quantum computing, but its practical implementation remains uncertain.
A new proposal integrates thin-film lithium tantalate with atomic frequency comb quantum memories to address scalability challenges in quantum networking. This development could redefine approaches to building long-distance quantum network nodes.
Recent research demonstrates a novel method for implementing deterministic fault-tolerant T gates using syndrome measurements, addressing a key challenge in universal quantum computation with stabilizer codes.
A recent paper revisits compressed permutation oracles, significantly improving their soundness bound from $O(N^{1/12})$ to $Ω(N^{1/2})$. This development has implications for quantum cryptographic constructions and their security analyses.
Recent research introduces efficient heralding methods for loss-tolerant photonic Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states, a critical step toward secure device-independent conference key agreements (DI-CKA) over lossy quantum networks.
Recent research introduces a single-atom-based asynchronous photonic interconnect, aiming to address scalability challenges in modular quantum computing. This development leverages optical photons for entanglement distribution and explores loss-resilient protocols for quantum interconnects, but its
Recent research explores the application of CSS quantum error correction codes to mitigate photon loss and noise in underwater quantum key distribution (QKD), a critical step for secure maritime communications. This analysis examines the exposure, affected systems, and migration implications of this
Cloudflare's implementation of the ML-DSA-44 algorithm for DNSSEC validation marks a significant step in post-quantum cryptography adoption. This development raises questions about performance, scalability, and migration implications for organizations reliant on DNS security.
Cloudflare's integration of the ML-DSA-44 algorithm into its 1.1.1.1 DNS service marks a significant step in cryptographic agility, aligning with NIST's post-quantum standards. This development raises questions about exposure, migration challenges, and performance trade-offs in post-quantum cryptogr
Cloudflare's introduction of Automatic Key Exchange on September 8, 2026, marks a significant step in cryptographic migration by enabling post-quantum secure origin handshakes. This feature prioritizes the most secure key agreement algorithms, including post-quantum options, for over 45 billion dail
A recent study explores the connection between quantum thermalization and approximate quantum error correction, offering insights into how isolated many-body systems naturally evolve toward states that protect encoded information.
A recent paper resolves the no-disentanglers conjecture and demonstrates a quantum oracle separation between QMA and QMA(2), raising questions about the implications for quantum algorithms and computational models.
A newly published protocol introduces certified randomness with unconditional security against adaptive quantum queries, leveraging the quantum random oracle model. This development raises questions about its implications for cryptographic systems and migration strategies.
Cloudflare's Adaptive Intelligence introduces an autonomous system designed to counter bot attacks by undermining their economic viability. This development could shift the balance in cybersecurity, but its broader implications for affected systems and migration strategies remain to be fully underst
Recent findings by Microsoft Threat Intelligence highlight vulnerabilities in AI workloads, including LiteLLM gateway exploitation and cryptomining activity. This article examines the exposure created by these attacks, affected systems, and the migration implications for securing AI infrastructure.