Utimaco Survey Finds Over Half of Organizations Are Approaching PQC-Readiness
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
New international PQC readiness survey unveils progress towards quantum security and preferred methods for migrating ahead of the deadline
AACHEN, Germany, April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Utimaco, a leading global provider of IT security solutions and PQC readiness, today announced the release of its PQC readiness survey results. The survey reveals the status and timelines for organizations migrating to PQC, including preferred methods of migration and common barriers to entry.
This report, based on responses from more than 200 organizations in the U.S., United Kingdom and Germany, provides valuable insights for IT security professionals working on their PQC migration efforts, aligning with new NIST standards and ensuring robust protection for their critical networks, applications, workloads, servers and devices.
"Q-Day," or the day malicious actors have access to quantum-powered cyberattacks, will require a complete shift in today's cryptographic landscape. A cryptanalytically relevant quantum computer that could break common public key schemes is expected by 2030.
Utimaco's survey takes a deeper dive into the efforts of organizations considered to be more cyber-advanced, finding over half will be safely prepared ahead of the deadline. Among the results:
-- 20% of organizations said they have already begun migrating to PQC
-- 34% of organizations plan to begin within 1-3 years
-- 21% expect to start to migrate within 3-5 years, attempting to align
with the anticipated timeline for quantum threats
-- 25% have no plans to migrate to PQC
Migrating to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) isn't a side project--it's a major transformation requiring organizations to transition their cryptographic infrastructure across multiple use cases. Adopting new cryptographic algorithms can be disruptive for legacy systems, particularly due to larger key sizes and differences in implementation. For organizations working on PQC migration, most (63%) showed a preference toward a hybrid approach, which combines classical and post-quantum cryptography.
The survey also found:
-- 26% of organizations view larger symmetric key sizes as a viable
solution
-- 17% plan to adopt full PQC implementation
-- 12% intend to use Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) as an additional
security measure
-- 20% selected none or other methods, which could include larger
asymmetric key sizes or following guidelines from federal cybersecurity
institutions
Cindy Provin, CSO, Utimaco, said: "The reality is that quantum threats aren't far away. At Utimaco, we're working closely with customers and partners like NIST to provide solutions that ease the path to post-quantum readiness, and our survey showcases progress towards that goal. While there is still a portion of organizations out there that lack a plan for the road to PQC readiness, we are hard at work to ensure access to easy-to-implement solutions with the latest algorithms to help them - and our customers - on this journey."
To read the full PQC readiness report, please visit here.
About Utimaco
Utimaco is a global platform provider of trusted Cybersecurity and Compliance solutions and services with headquarters in Aachen (Germany) and Campbell, CA (USA). Utimaco develops on-premises and cloud-based hardware security modules, solutions for key management and data protection as well as data intelligence solutions for regulated critical infrastructures and Public Warning Systems. Utimaco is one of the world's leading manufacturers in its key market segments.
500+ employees around the globe create innovative solutions and services to protect data, identities and communication networks with responsibility for global customers and citizens. Customers and partners in many different industries value the reliability and long-term investment security of Utimaco's high-security products and solutions. Find out more on www.utimaco.com.
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