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Post-quantum cryptography

Post-quantum security for Naples businesses.Protection for long-lived data against “harvest now, decrypt later.”

RankShield signs identities and receipts with post-quantum cryptography so your proof outlasts the quantum transition. Attackers can copy your encrypted data today and wait for a quantum computer to break it, a strategy called harvest now, decrypt later. RankShield uses NIST-standard ML-DSA and SLH-DSA (FIPS 204/205), so the protection you rely on today still holds tomorrow — something you can verify yourself.

The threat

What is harvest now, decrypt later?

It's an attack where an adversary steals encrypted data today and stores it, waiting for a future quantum computer capable of breaking today's RSA and elliptic-curve encryption. The data doesn't need to be readable now — only still sensitive when the decryption capability arrives. For Naples legal, medical, financial, and title firms, whose records combine high sensitivity with long retention, that is a risk on the books today, not a future one.

THE 30-YEAR FILE

A title company's mortgage file encrypted today with RSA-2048 stays sensitive for three decades — long enough for a quantum computer to arrive.

Post-quantum signatures and hybrid encryption keep long-lived records verifiable and confidential past the quantum transition.

THE SHARED KEY

Shared or long-lived cryptographic keys are a single point of failure attackers hunt for.

Per-identity post-quantum keys mean there is no shared secret to steal, and every principal is individually attestable.

THE UNPROVABLE RECORD

A record signed with soon-to-be-deprecated crypto can't be trusted years from now.

Receipts signed with ML-DSA / SLH-DSA and sealed to a transparency log stay verifiable for the long run.

How it works

How RankShield applies post-quantum crypto.

RankShield doesn't invent a private scheme. It signs each identity and each protected action with NIST's finalized post-quantum standards and pairs that with a data-level roadmap: inventory your longest-lived sensitive data, then apply post-quantum or hybrid protection where the shelf life demands it. Post-quantum identity and the transparency log are live today.

FIPS 204ML-DSA (Dilithium) — the primary post-quantum digital signature standard.
FIPS 205SLH-DSA (SPHINCS+) — hash-based signatures for defense in depth.
FIPS 203ML-KEM (Kyber) — post-quantum key exchange, replacing RSA/ECDH.
Mosca's ruleIf data shelf life + migration time exceeds years-to-quantum, you're already exposed.
Questions

Post-quantum — common questions

Is my data at risk if quantum computers don't exist yet?
Yes, if it must stay confidential for years. The harvest-now-decrypt-later threat is about timing: data stolen today can be decrypted once a capable quantum computer arrives, and intelligence agencies have warned this collection is already happening. For long-retention records, the data you encrypt now is part of the exposure.
Do I have to replace all my encryption immediately?
No. The guidance from CISA, NSA, and NIST is to start with a cryptographic inventory, then prioritize by shelf life, applying post-quantum or hybrid protection first to the data that must stay secret longest. RankShield helps you scope and sequence that migration.

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Map your quantum exposure.

Tell us what long-lived sensitive data your Naples business holds, and we'll help you inventory it and apply post-quantum protection where the shelf life demands it.