Managing Post-Quantum Cryptography: Securing the Enterprise Before the Machines Catch Up - Couverture rigide

Louis-Charles, Claude

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1972752642 ISBN 13 : 9781972752647

Editeur : Cybersoft Publishing LLC, 2026

Synopsis

The quantum threat is not a distant academic problem — it is a strategic reality that demands immediate, disciplined action. Managing Post‑Quantum Cryptography gives enterprise leaders the practical roadmap they need to move from awareness to execution: inventory every cryptographic dependency, prioritize what to migrate first, deploy hybrid and crypto‑agile architectures, and sustain a governance posture that endures across budget cycles and leadership changes.

Inside you will find:

• A concise technical primer that explains why asymmetric cryptography is uniquely vulnerable to quantum algorithms, how symmetric ciphers are affected, and what “harvest now, decrypt later” means for long‑horizon data.
• A practical treatment of post‑quantum algorithm families — lattice‑based, hash‑based, code‑based, multivariate — and a framework for aligning algorithm choices to use cases.
• Standards and compliance guidance that decodes NIST selections, federal guidance, and industry expectations so you can extract the enterprise actions that matter.
• The cryptographic census: a step‑by‑step methodology to discover keys, certificates, and protocol dependencies across complex environments.
• Hybrid deployment patterns that let classical and post‑quantum algorithms operate in parallel while you migrate, with protocol‑specific guidance for TLS, VPNs, PKI, and HSMs.
• Crypto‑agility architecture: design principles, API patterns, and PKI practices that make future algorithm transitions routine rather than crisis‑driven.
• A migration playbook with sequencing, risk‑tiered prioritization, testing and rollback plans, and procurement strategies to hold vendors accountable.
• Governance and workforce strategies to institutionalize post‑quantum resilience: audit readiness, evidence collection, training, and continuous threat monitoring.
• Operational artifacts you can use immediately: model checklists, risk register templates, incident postmortem forms, and a 90‑day implementation roadmap.

This book is written for managers, CISOs, architects, and program leads who must translate technical standards into executable enterprise programs. It does not require a background in number theory. Instead, it explains the core technical concepts clearly and then focuses on the decisions that matter: which assets to inventory, how to assess vendor readiness, how to design hybrid key exchange and dual‑algorithm signatures, and how to build the organizational processes that keep a migration on track.
Each chapter closes with a manager’s checklist so you can rapidly assess readiness and assign remediation tasks. Case studies and real‑world scenarios illustrate common pitfalls — from silent inventory gaps to vendor integrations that fail under load — and show how disciplined planning prevents them.
The window to act is open but finite. Adversaries are already archiving encrypted traffic with the intent to decrypt it later; organizations that delay will face a migration under crisis conditions rather than a planned transition. This book equips you to lead that transition methodically: to protect long‑horizon data, to prioritize resources where they matter most, and to build an enterprise posture that outlasts any single algorithm.
If you are responsible for protecting confidentiality, integrity, or authentication across an enterprise, this is the practical guide you need to move from risk awareness to operational resilience — before the machines catch up.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cybersoft Publishing LLC
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1972752642
• ISBN 13: 9781972752647
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 298
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg