Summary
A recent PostQuantum piece argues that a realistic enterprise PQC program can span about 120,000 discrete tasks. The number is not padding but an honest count that appears when cryptography is treated as structural steel rather than a background utility, especially in Global 2000 firms with significant OT.
Drawing on nation-scale transformations, the author calls PQC migration the largest and most complex digital infrastructure effort to date. Bigger than Y2K and cloud shifts, more intricate than Zero Trust or S/4HANA, and complicated by the need to swap critical components while systems remain online.
Most organizations will phase the journey and may fund only a few hundred tasks in year one, yet leaders must hold the full 120,000-task horizon to prioritize, manage dependencies, and prevent rework. The crypto upgrade itself is a small slice; orchestration, governance, and enterprise change are where programs win or fail. The article gives CISOs language to brief boards and reset expectations for the path to quantum readiness.
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See the original article at: https://postquantum.com/post-quantum/quantum-security-pqc-program-plan/