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​​Post-Quantum Authentication

Quantum computing has fundamentally changed the security landscape. Cryptographic protections you rely on today may not withstand the capabilities of tomorrow’s quantum systems. Post-quantum readiness starts long before those systems arrive. Post-quantum identity is the place to start.


NKey helps organizations get a jump start or accelerate their PQA journey with Active Directory quantum-resistant authentication services 

with AD Domain Services, AD Certificate Services, and AD Federation Services

Discover Your Cryptographic Exposure

You can’t protect what you can’t see. Identify where vulnerable cryptography exists across applications, infrastructure, data, certificates, devices, and third-party dependencies.

Understand What’s at Risk

Not every system carries the same urgency. Evaluate sensitive data, critical assets, cryptographic dependencies, and exposure timelines to determine where quantum risk matters most.

Build a Practical Migration Roadmap

Turn discovery into action with a prioritized transition plan based on business impact, technical complexity, regulatory requirements, and organizational risk.

Design for Crypto Agility

Preparing for post-quantum security isn’t a one-time algorithm replacement. Build the ability to identify, replace, and manage cryptographic technologies as standards, threats, and business requirements evolve.

Harvest Now. Decrypt Later.

Attackers don’t necessarily need a cryptographically relevant quantum computer today to create future risk.

Sensitive encrypted information can be collected now and retained with the expectation that advances in quantum computing could make it possible to decrypt that information later.

If your data needs to remain confidential for years, your post-quantum timeline may have already started.

Don’t Start With Algorithms. Start With Visibility.

The first question isn’t “Which post-quantum algorithm should we deploy?”

It’s:

“Where are we using cryptography, what is it protecting, and how difficult will it be to change?”

NKey helps answer those questions so your organization can move from uncertainty to an actionable post-quantum strategy.