Post Quantum Security (PQS)
Prepare for the transition to quantum-resistant cryptography — with a cryptographic inventory, migration plans, and governance tracked across systems and vendors.
Product Overview
Prepare Your Organization for the Post-Quantum Era
Post Quantum Security (PQS) is the identification, management, and transition of cryptographic systems to quantum-resistant standards in response to the threat from quantum computing. SmartSuite’s Post Quantum Security software keeps a cryptographic inventory, risk assessments, and migration plans as linked records, so the transition is coordinated across systems, owners, and vendors.
Teams record algorithms, keys, certificates, systems, and vendors as inventory records, imported from scanning tools through CSV or the REST API or entered by system owners, and link each to the applications and business services that depend on it. The product aligns with NIST’s post-quantum cryptography standards (FIPS 203, FIPS 204, and FIPS 205, approved in August 2024) and with internal security strategies and transition plans.
Dashboards show vulnerable assets, migration progress, and readiness by system and vendor, so security leaders prioritize the migrations that reduce the most risk and report progress to the board.
PQS records are linked to:
- Cyber threat management and vulnerability tracking
- Enterprise and operational risk assessments
- Third-party risk and vendor cryptographic dependencies
- Compliance and regulatory requirements
- Issues and remediation workflows
Typical uses include cryptographic inventory, quantum risk assessment and prioritization, migration planning and tracking, and vendor and third-party cryptographic oversight.
What is Post Quantum Security (PQS)?
Post Quantum Security (PQS) is the process of preparing cryptographic systems for threats posed by quantum computing. It enables organizations to inventory cryptographic assets, assess risk, and plan migration to quantum-resistant standards.
Core Capabilities
SmartSuite’s Post Quantum Security product provides the capabilities required to manage cryptographic risk and transition planning, with inventory, assessments, and migration plans kept as linked records. Each capability integrates with other SmartSuite products, so PQS work stays aligned with risk, compliance, and operations.
Cryptographic Asset Inventory
Maintain one inventory of cryptographic algorithms, keys, certificates, and systems, imported from scanning tools or entered by owners.
Quantum Risk Assessment
Rate assets on cryptographic strength, data sensitivity, and exposure to prioritize migration.
Dependency Mapping
Link cryptographic assets to the systems, applications, and vendors that depend on them.
Migration Planning & Tracking
Define and track migration plans to quantum-resistant algorithms, with owners and dates per asset.
Vendor Cryptography Oversight
Record third-party cryptographic dependencies and each vendor’s PQC migration status.
Dashboards & Risk Analytics
Show quantum risk exposure, migration progress, and readiness by system and vendor.
Workflow Automation
Schedule inventory reviews, route assessments, and remind owners of migration milestones.
Cross-Product Integration
Link cryptographic risks to threats, risks, issues, and compliance workflows.
Role-Based Access Control
Limit access to cryptographic data and governance workflows by role.
The PQS Lifecycle
SmartSuite supports the full post-quantum security lifecycle, from inventory through migration, with linked workflows and readiness dashboards.
Record Cryptographic Assets
Inventory algorithms, keys, certificates, and dependencies across systems.
Assess Quantum Risk
Evaluate vulnerability to quantum threats and prioritize assets for migration.
Map Dependencies
Understand relationships across systems, applications, and vendors.
Plan & Execute Migration
Define and track transition to quantum-resistant cryptography.
Monitor & Maintain
Review readiness on a schedule and update plans as standards and systems change.
Connected Risk Ecosystem
SmartSuite products share one GRC platform, so post-quantum security records link to risk, compliance, and operational workflows. The Post Quantum Security product integrates with related products to provide a complete view of cryptographic risk and transition readiness.
Identify and respond to cyber threats with real-time visibility, structured workflows, and integrated risk and incident management.
Standardize vendor due diligence, centralize assessments, and monitor ongoing risk exposure to ensure supplier reliability and compliance.
Manage assessment campaigns and testing schedules with a reusable question library, automated workflows, and one place for evidence collection.
Define critical services, map dependencies, and validate recovery strategies to ensure business continuity, regulatory alignment, and organizational resilience.
Who This Product Is For
The Post Quantum Security product supports stakeholders across security, risk, and compliance — enabling proactive preparation for emerging quantum threats.
Chief Information Security Officer
Security Architect
Risk Manager
Compliance Manager
IT Operations Director
Executive / Board Member
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to the questions readers ask most about this topic.
Post-quantum security is the preparation and transition to cryptographic systems that resist attacks from quantum computers. Widely used public-key algorithms such as RSA and ECC are expected to become breakable, and data encrypted today can be harvested now and decrypted later, which is why NIST published the first post-quantum standards (FIPS 203, 204, and 205) in August 2024. SmartSuite gives organizations an inventory of where cryptography is used and a tracked plan to migrate it, so the transition starts before a deadline forces it.
Each cryptographic asset is a record: the algorithm, key length, certificate, where it is used, who owns it, and when it expires. Records are imported from scanning and certificate tools through CSV or the REST API, or entered by system owners through a form, and linked to the systems and vendors that depend on them. The inventory is the base for every assessment and migration plan that follows.
A migration plan is a record linked to the assets it covers, with target algorithms, owners, milestones, and status. Dependencies between systems are visible from the asset links, so teams sequence migrations in the right order. Dashboards show progress by system and vendor, and automations remind owners before milestones.
Cryptographic risks sit in the same risk register as the organization’s other risks, and cryptographic controls map to the frameworks tracked in Control Framework & Regulatory Libraries. Compliance testing validates those controls with the same evidence workflows used elsewhere. PQS becomes one line in the GRC program rather than a separate project.
Risk is rated per asset on factors such as data sensitivity, system criticality, algorithm strength, and how long the protected data must stay confidential. A formula field combines the ratings into a priority score, and views sort the inventory by it. Teams migrate the top of the list first and record the result on the asset.
Oversight comes from the records: every asset has an owner, every plan has milestones, and dashboards show migration status, open risks, and vendor readiness. Leadership reviews the dashboard; owners work the task lists behind it. Activity History shows who changed what, which supports regulatory and audit questions.
Yes. Inventories can hold assets across business units, regions, and thousands of certificates, with permissions that limit each team to its own systems and rollups that report the whole estate to the CISO. Vendor records link to every asset that depends on them, so a vendor’s migration status updates many assets at once. New systems are added as records, not as new projects.
Preparation means knowing where cryptography is used, which assets matter most, and what the migration plan is, before regulators or customers ask. SmartSuite keeps those three things on linked records and reports progress as it happens. When standards change again, the inventory shows what is affected and the plans are updated, not rebuilt.
Prepare Today for Tomorrow’s Cryptographic Risks
SmartSuite delivers a complete GRC suite that links post-quantum security with risk, compliance, and operational workflows.