Check your quantum readiness
Answer a few questions and leave with priorities to discuss with your IT provider.
Start the checkStolen today.
Decrypted later.
Encrypted data stolen now could become readable once quantum computers mature. Find out where your business and your cyber policy stand.
Grounded in sourcesNIST, security agencies and original research
Useful without a loginTools, guides and downloadable action plans
Clear about uncertaintyEstablished facts and future scenarios
The time test
Will your data outlive its encryption?
Security teams often frame quantum urgency with a rule of thumb from quantum-security researcher Michele Mosca. Add how long information must stay confidential to how long it will take to upgrade the systems that protect it. If that total runs past the time until a code-breaking quantum computer exists, information captured today could still need protection when one arrives.
Nobody knows when that will be, so treat the result as a prompt for a planning conversation, not a prediction. Set your own assumptions, then turn them into a plan.
Try your own numbers
Margin: about 2 years
On these assumptions, data encrypted before your upgrade is finished stops needing protection before a code-breaking machine exists.
Nobody knows. Estimates vary widely, so set your own assumption.
A planning aid based on Mosca's rule. It is not a prediction, a security assessment or a coverage determination.
From questions to action
A useful place to begin.
You do not need to become a cryptographer to take a sensible next step.
Prepare for an insurance review
Turn your concerns into a focused set of questions for your agent or insurer.
Build your worksheetExplore the possible futures
See what quantum developments could mean for business, auto, home and life insurance.
Explore scenariosWhat matters today
Preparation can start before the future is certain.
NIST has published post-quantum cryptography standards. The practical work starts with understanding your systems and the information they protect.
For many organizations, the first conversation is with the people who supply and manage their technology.
See the business readiness checklist →- Know what must stay confidential.
Some information retains its value long after it is collected.
- Find the technology dependencies.
Ask where cryptography is used and who is responsible for updates.
- Connect security with insurance.
Document your controls and review your policy questions together.
Build your understanding
Browse all guides →Start with the essentials.
What is quantum risk? A practical guide for businesses
Understand which security risks quantum computing could create, what post-quantum cryptography does, and practical steps your business can take today.
Read the guide : What is quantum risk? A practical guide for businessesHarvest now, decrypt later: why data lifetime matters
Learn how information collected today could face future decryption risk, which records deserve attention, and what to ask your technology providers.
Read the guide : Harvest now, decrypt later: why data lifetime mattersDoes cyber insurance cover quantum-computing attacks?
Learn which policy questions matter for quantum-related cyber losses, including delayed discovery, third-party outages, exclusions, and reporting.
Read the guide : Does cyber insurance cover quantum-computing attacks?The insurance horizonBig possibilities.
Big possibilities.
Careful questions.
Explore how quantum computing could affect security, underwriting, research and the risks we insure. Each scenario makes its assumptions visible.
Explore the future of insuranceFour perspectives
- Business & shared technology
Continuity, dependencies and changes in risk assessment.
- Auto & connected vehicles
Long-lived software, authentication and future research.
- Home & connected living
Device security and the possibilities for property research.
- Life & long-term information
Medical privacy, discovery and the uncertainty of longevity.
Follow the developments
Visit the news desk →Quantum news, with context.
MIT proposes a qubit design for faster, more accurate operations
Researchers simulated a design that separates data storage from interactions with other components. The reported gains remain simulation results; fabrication and physical testing are next steps.
2026-09-03 · Publisher article ↗Flexible cryogenic wiring targets a quantum-hardware bottleneck
MIT Lincoln Laboratory prototyped ribbon-like cables for the extremely cold equipment used in quantum research. A hardware supplier licensed the design, with qualification and integration work still described as ongoing.
2026-06-17 · Publisher article ↗NIST publishes preliminary work on post-quantum PIV credentials
Initial working materials explore changes needed to support ML-KEM and ML-DSA in federal identity credentials. NIST distinguishes these preliminary materials from formal public drafts or finalized requirements.
2026-06-12 · Publisher article ↗Selected source articles. Visit the news desk for feed status and fresh headlines.