The Quantum Security Race by Kai London
Cryptographic migration is the largest technical change most organisations will not have planned for. It touches every certificate, protocol, device, contract and supplier — and the data being captured today may still be sensitive when the transition completes. The Quantum Security Race treats it as a multi-year programme and sets out how to run it.
What the book covers
Cryptographic discovery
Building and maintaining an inventory of algorithms, keys, certificates and protocols across applications, networks, devices and suppliers.
Harvest-now, decrypt-later exposure
Identifying data whose confidentiality requirement outlives current cryptography, and prioritising accordingly.
Crypto-agility by design
Architectural patterns that make the next algorithm change routine rather than exceptional.
Migration sequencing
Hybrid schemes, phased rollout, interoperability testing and rollback planning.
Supplier and product readiness
Questions to put to vendors, contractual hooks, and how to assess embedded and OT estates with long lifecycles.
Governance and reporting
Funding the programme, tracking progress and evidencing diligence to regulators and auditors.
Who it is for
CISOs and security architects, cryptography and PKI teams, financial-services and critical-infrastructure risk leaders, and boards asked to fund a transition whose deadline is uncertain.
About the author
Professor Kai London — CISSP, CISM.
An internationally recognised cybersecurity executive, board advisor and Founder & CEO of Quantum AI Systems Security LLC, writing at the convergence of AI, governance and operational resilience. Honorary Professor and Researcher at UCL.