The recent Palo Alto Networks Quantum Safe Summit assembled industry titans and cybersecurity leaders to deliver a sobering message to CIOs: the harvest now, decrypt later (HNDL) threat is real and active, and the window for cryptographic transition is closing. For the modern CIO, quantum readiness is more than just a technical upgrade, it’s a fundamental requirement for long-term business resilience and public trust. And the consensus this year so far is quantum is no longer an if for CIOs, but a when. Customers, employees, shareholders, and other stakeholders need to trust that the data being fed into AI systems is protected, and quantum looms as a major threat to breaking this trust. To navigate this shift, CIOs must move beyond theoretical awareness and into a structured operational framework. The following roadmap provides a strategic checklist necessary to transition from legacy encryption to quantum-safe resilience.

Full opinion : Quantum computing is a double-edged revolution: an innovation to embrace for its unprecedented computational power in AI and R&D, but a threat to be on guard for as it weaponizes tactics against today’s encryption.