UNIVERSAL ADVANCED Post Quantum Cryptography Migration Readiness Assessment Project Acronym: UAPQCMRA

PROBLEM: Quantum technology is moving from laboratory to deployment, yet the post quantum cryptography migration readiness assessment problem has no governed record: standards, keys, and claims change faster than the ledgers that should track them, so organisations cannot show what is quantum-safe, what is merely claimed to be, or what still depends on classical cryptography.

SOLUTION: IBM Cloud Ideas would provide a governed post quantum cryptography migration readiness assessment record: every asset, standard, key, and verification logged with lineage, so quantum readiness is demonstrable rather than asserted. It governs the record, not the quantum hardware.

EVIDENCE BASIS: DOCUMENTED — NIST published the first post-quantum cryptography standards in August 2024 (FIPS 203, 204, 205); quantum key distribution has been demonstrated over satellite links (Micius, 2017); the 'harvest now, decrypt later' risk is documented in U.S. government guidance. Source: NIST PQC standards; Micius QKD.