Atlanta – October 29, 2026 -- The White House has set deadlines of end-2030 for post-quantum key establishment and end-2031 for digital signatures on federal high-value assets and high-impact systems, and Keyfactor is using a new Cybercrime Magazine film to press enterprises to start their own migrations.
The film, sponsored by Keyfactor, features Fortune 500 and Global 2000 chief information security officers, cybersecurity leaders and cryptography experts. It argues that readiness should be driven by business risk, not by predictions of when Q-Day arrives. Q-Day is the point at which quantum computers can break widely used public-key cryptography.
Keyfactor says PQC migration is a multiyear program with no Q-Day finish line
Chris Hickman, Chief Security Officer at Keyfactor, described migration as "a multiyear program, not a project with a finish line at Q-Day." He said organizations need executive support, clear ownership and priorities tied to business risk. They must also map where cryptography is used, what it protects and where the greatest exposure lies.
Chief Technology Officer Ted Shorter said cryptographic change will continue beyond PQC. He argued that organizations building crypto-agility now will adapt more easily as standards evolve and new threats emerge.
Former White House and NSA officials join Eastman's CISO in the film
Contributors include Diane Janosek, former NSA Training Director at the National Cryptologic School, and Theresa Payton, former White House Chief Information Officer. Georgianna Shea, author of Post-Quantum Leadership, and Adam Keown, CISO at Eastman, also appear, alongside Shorter and Hickman.
Keyfactor links discovery, PKI, certificate lifecycle management and signing in one platform
Keyfactor says its open platform connects cryptographic discovery, PKI, certificate lifecycle management and signing. The company says this lets teams identify exposure, modernize infrastructure and coordinate migration across complex environments.
The film is available on the Cybercrime Magazine YouTube channel, which has more than 1.3 million subscribers.