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Sectigo’s Crypto Agility Report 2026: Read the Questionnaire Before the Conclusions
Sectigo’s latest report identifies important pressures on cryptographic operations. Our review examines what its survey establishes and where its conclusions exceed the evidence.
Brian Couzens
2 hours ago3 min read


Cryptographic Agility Is a Governance Discipline, Not a Feature
The phrase "cryptographic agility" has entered procurement vocabularies at precisely the moment it is least understood. Vendors cite it in product sheets. Security teams name it as a strategic objective. The gap between naming the capability and possessing it remains unaddressed. The question is not whether an organisation intends to be cryptographically agile. It is whether the governance, inventory, and architectural abstraction exist to make that intention operational. Wit
Brian Couzens
Oct 164 min read


Cryptographic Agility. Can It Actually Be Done?
For years we've been told organisations need cryptographic agility. NIST has repeatedly warned that cryptographic systems must be able to transition as algorithms become vulnerable or obsolete. The post-quantum migration is simply the latest and largest example. The destination has been clear. The implementation hasn't. IBM Research has now made a significant contribution to answering that question. Their 2026 papers introduce an application-level framework that separates cry
Brian Couzens
Jul 202 min read


The Article That Permanently Changes How Crypto Agility Is Understood
Crypto Agility Is Not About Algorithms It is about whether digital trust can survive continuous change. Globally. Under pressure. Without a return to the conditions that caused this exposure in the first place. For more than two decades, cryptography was treated as a technical control. A component. A configuration. A compliance line item. That framing has now expired. The defining question of the next twenty years is not whether algorithms are strong. It is whether the global
Brian Couzens
Jun 1910 min read


Crypto-Agility Is Not the Goal. Why Crypto-Agility Requires All Three Legs
Crypto-Agility Is Not a Product The post-quantum conversation has a vocabulary problem, and the vocabulary problem is producing a strategy problem. For two years the industry has rallied around "crypto-agility" as the answer to the quantum threat. Vendors sell it. Boards ask for it. Migration roadmaps are built around it. The implicit promise is seductive: build the capability to swap algorithms quickly, and you are protected against whatever cryptanalysis (quantum or classic
Brian Couzens
Jun 1915 min read


Establishing Crypto-Agility for Quantum Risk Management
In a world where technology evolves at breakneck speed, the intersection of cryptocurrency and quantum computing presents both unprecedented opportunities and significant risks. As quantum technology advances, it poses a unique challenge to the security of cryptocurrencies, which rely heavily on cryptographic algorithms. This blog post explores the concept of crypto-agility and its critical role in managing quantum risks effectively. High angle view of a digital representatio
Brian Couzens
May 213 min read
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