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Quantum computing is an imminent threat that will enable threat actors who target USG department and agency IT infrastructure to break existing cryptographic systems and gain access to critical information. To address this threat, agencies and organizations will need to migrate their resources to post quantum cryptography (PQC) standards. ZRA has developed COMET (Cryptographic Object Migration Evaluation Tool) to guide organizations in critical decision-making that will ultimately result in a relevant and nuanced PQC migration effort.

COMET includes five compounding stages of critical assessment, each necessitating collective leadership management: business processes assessment, analysis of threat environments, integration, risk analysis, and migration decision-making. ZRA will guide organizations through each stage of assessment to ensure the successful implementation and migration to PQC standards. Thorough assessments of each area will facilitate a comprehensive approach to migration decision-making.

ZRA’s COMET Whitepaper details the specific actions for organizations to take to ensure successful PQC migration. It covers an overview of the quantum computing threat and actions taken by key government agencies to address the threat, including OMB, ONCD, CISA, NIST and the White House. The whitepaper then describes requirements and critical decisions for PQC migration, stages of the migration process, cryptographic inventories, benchmarks, and a migration roadmap.

COMET

Quantum computing is an imminent threat that will enable threat actors who target USG department and agency IT infrastructure to break existing cryptographic systems and gain access to critical information. To address this threat, agencies and organizations will need to migrate their resources to post quantum cryptography (PQC) standards. ZRA has developed COMET (Cryptographic Object Migration Evaluation Tool) to guide organizations in critical decision-making that will ultimately result in a relevant and nuanced PQC migration effort.

COMET includes five compounding stages of critical assessment, each necessitating collective leadership management: business processes assessment, analysis of threat environments, integration, risk analysis, and migration decision-making. ZRA will guide organizations through each stage of assessment to ensure the successful implementation and migration to PQC standards. Thorough assessments of each area will facilitate a comprehensive approach to migration decision-making.

ZRA’s COMET Whitepaper details the specific actions for organizations to take to ensure successful PQC migration. It covers an overview of the quantum computing threat and actions taken by key government agencies to address the threat, including OMB, ONCD, CISA, NIST and the White House. The whitepaper then describes requirements and critical decisions for PQC migration, stages of the migration process, cryptographic inventories, benchmarks, and a migration roadmap.

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