The post-quantum cryptography (PQC) market is accelerating adoption as vendors and enterprises face shortening timelines for quantum-resilient infrastructure. NIST's recent standardization of PQC algorithms and corporate commitments to hybrid encryption migration are driving chipmakers and security vendors to integrate PQC into silicon, HSMs, and key management systems.
Enterprise security teams must accelerate crypto-agility audits and migration timelines; delaying PQC implementation increases exposure to 'harvest now, decrypt later' attacks where adversaries capture encrypted payloads today for decryption once quantum systems mature — a material risk for long-lived secrets and compliance-critical data.