Excerpt from SecurityBrief Article, Published on December 12, 2025
Kyndryl has unveiled a new risk assessment – focused service designed to help organisations prepare for the growing threat quantum computing poses to existing encryption standards. The company’s Quantum Safe Assessment examines digital infrastructures and produces a practical roadmap for transitioning to quantum – resistant protection.
The new service starts by assessing an organisation’s entire encryption landscape — often referred to as a cryptographic bill of materials — to spot weak points and vulnerabilities across systems such as cloud platforms, mainframes, payment gateways and customer databases. This baseline risk assessment enables security teams to understand where current protections are most vulnerable to future quantum computing threats and where rapid action is required.
Once vulnerabilities are identified, Kyndryl’s experts work with clients to prioritise protection based on data sensitivity and potential business impact. From there, the service designs a phased transformation strategy. This journey typically involves adopting post – quantum cryptographic standards, improving crypto agility, and integrating security practices like zero trust to protect endpoints, networks and identities in a future – focused security posture.
Industry analysts warn that adversaries could capture encrypted data now and decrypt it later once quantum computing reaches sufficient capability — a tactic often called “harvest now, decrypt later.” The point of this emerging threat is precisely why a quantum – focused risk assessment is crucial for long – term data protection.
Kyndryl also highlights that many organisations remain unprepared or unaware of how urgently quantum threats could affect their cybersecurity strategies. By working with clients early in their quantum journey, the company aims to close this awareness gap and ensure enterprises don’t delay important planning and transformation efforts.
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