Four Comprehensive Dimensions

🔍 Dimension 1: CVI

Cryptographic Visibility & Inventory

Core Purpose: Discover and catalog every cryptographic asset across your organization

Business Value: Transforms invisible cryptographic dependencies into manageable assets, enabling proactive risk-based planning instead of reactive scrambling.

Key Outcomes:

  • Discover hidden vulnerabilities in legacy systems
  • Map dependencies to prevent migration failures
  • Enable data-driven prioritization
  • Identify compliance gaps early

Practice Areas:

  • Cryptographic Discovery & Inventory Management
  • Vulnerability Assessment & Classification
  • Cryptographic Dependency Mapping

⚖️ Dimension 2: SGRM

Strategic Governance & Risk Management

Core Purpose: Establish executive leadership and organizational commitment for quantum readiness

Business Value: Transforms quantum security from an IT project into a strategic business imperative with board-level accountability and dedicated resources.

Key Outcomes:

  • Secure multi-year funding commitments
  • Break down organizational silos
  • Align with regulatory compliance
  • Extend governance to supply chain

Practice Areas:

  • Executive Leadership & Policy Management
  • Risk Assessment & Compliance Management
  • Third-Party & Supply Chain Risk Management

🛡️ Dimension 3: DPE

Data Protection Engineering

Core Purpose: Implement technical controls that protect sensitive data against quantum threats

Business Value: Addresses the "harvest now, decrypt later" threat by implementing quantum-resistant encryption that protects long-term sensitive data.

Key Outcomes:

  • Protect against future quantum attacks
  • Establish cryptographic agility
  • Maintain operational efficiency
  • Ensure data protection compliance

Practice Areas:

  • Data Classification & Protection Requirements
  • Storage Security & Encryption Management
  • Transit Security & Protocol Management

⚙️ Dimension 4: ITR

Implementation & Technical Readiness

Core Purpose: Bridge the gap between planning and reality with successful deployment capabilities

Business Value: Prevents implementation failures through systematic planning, testing, and operational excellence while maintaining business continuity.

Key Outcomes:

  • Prevent costly deployment failures
  • Manage complex integrations
  • Optimize system performance
  • Build sustainable capabilities

Practice Areas:

  • Technology Infrastructure Assessment
  • Integration Planning and Implementation
  • Operational Readiness and Maintenance

Five-Level Maturity Progression

1
Basic
Initial awareness and ad-hoc practices. Starting point for most organizations with limited quantum readiness activities.
2
Developing
Structured approaches beginning to emerge with systematic planning initiated and some quantum readiness activities underway.
3
Established
Systematic and consistent practices implemented organization-wide with comprehensive quantum readiness capabilities.
4
Advanced
Optimized processes with continuous improvement and industry leadership in quantum readiness practices.
5
Optimizing
Industry-leading practices with continuous innovation, external influence on standards, and transformative leadership.

Why All Four Dimensions Are Essential

Organizations often focus on just one or two areas, leaving critical gaps that undermine their entire quantum readiness effort. True resilience requires excellence across all four dimensions.

Without CVI: Flying Blind

Unknown vulnerabilities, failed migrations, wasted resources, and emergency responses when quantum threats materialize.

Without SGRM: Initiative Failure

Lack of resources, fragmented efforts, regulatory exposure, and competitive disadvantage.

Without DPE: Data Breaches

Future decryption of sensitive data, intellectual property theft, regulatory penalties, and loss of trust.

Without ITR: Failed Deployments

System instabilities, performance problems, extended vulnerabilities, and cost overruns.

Holistic Integration

The four dimensions work together to provide comprehensive quantum readiness through vertical and horizontal integration, ensuring strategy informs implementation while technical reality guides strategic decisions.

Strategy ↔ Visibility
Governance enables discovery
Protection ↔ Implementation
Technical capability enables protection

Continuous feedback loops ensure each dimension optimizes the others for comprehensive quantum readiness.

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