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Vendors & MarketEmerging1 sourceSep 17, 2026 · 11:23via IT Security Guru

World Quantum Readiness Day: Industry Voices on Moving From Blueprint to Build

Brief

Today is World Quantum Readiness Day, and this year’s theme, “From Blueprint to Build,” says a lot about where the industry has landed. Three years ago, post-quantum cryptography (PQC) barely made it into security conversations. Today it sits on the C-suite agenda, but a plan on a slide and the operational capability to execute it are very different things.

IT Security Guru spoke to a wide range of security leaders, spanning certificate authorities, network vendors, banks, standards bodies and consultancies. Here is a flavour of what they told us.

From blueprint to build

For Paul Holt, Group Vice President EMEA at DigiCert , moving from blueprint to build means going beyond the strategy document and “developing the operational capability to change cryptography across the organisation.”

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