As the reality of quantum computers capable of breaking today’s encryption algorithms gets closer and closer, the urgency around post-quantum cryptography (PQC) is growing fast. Since NIST announced the first set of standardized PQC algorithms in August 2024 and a timeline for implementation, governments worldwide have launched official roadmaps and guidance to drive organizations toward PQC readiness and transition.
A core aspect of that readiness is crypto-agility—the ability to quickly and safely replace cryptographic algorithms across protocols, applications, hardware, software, and infrastructure without disrupting operations. It’s not just about upgrading encryption; it’s about doing it seamlessly, at scale, and with resilience.
However, crypto-agility starts with one fundamental aspect: complete cryptographic visibility.
To prepare for PQC, you need a comprehensive inventory of all cryptographic assets across your environment—certificates, keys, algorithms, configuration files, and their dependencies across devices, applications, workloads, and pipelines. This visibility forms the backbone of your PQC readiness strategy, helping you understand quantum exposure, prioritize high-value assets, and plan a risk-informed migration.
The Visibility Gap
Here’s the challenge: most organizations still use spreadsheets, manual processes, fragmented CA tools or home-grown dashboards to monitor and manage digital certificates. Essential certificate information, such as the certificate location, owner, issuing CA, and crypto standards, is either poorly documented or not documented at all. These outdated approaches leave major blind spots, making it nearly impossible to gain the visibility needed to take that first crucial step toward PQC readiness.
Introducing the AppViewX AVX ONE PQC Assessment Tool
A single, unified view of your cryptographic environment can make all the difference, especially when preparing for the shift to post-quantum cryptography (PQC).
The AppViewX AVX ONE PQC Assessment Tool is built to provide deep visibility and a centralized view of your cryptographic environment so your teams can prepare for PQC with confidence.
Aligned with NIST’s PQC migration guidance, the tool systematically scans hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructures and CI/CD pipelines to identify every instance of quantum-vulnerable algorithms within codebases, configurations, dependencies, and certificates.
It consolidates all findings into a single console, so your cross-functional teams (PKI, security, DevOps, and others) get the clarity required to prioritize remediation efforts, ensure compliance, and execute a seamless transition to PQC.
You Must Prioritize Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) and Shorter TLS Validity Readiness
What It Scans:
- Code: Detects usage of quantum-vulnerable algorithms in code
- Dependencies: Identifies weak cryptographic libraries
- Certificates: Inspects algorithms in active certificates
- Configurations: Flags insecure protocols and weak ciphers
The tool doesn’t just detect issues—it empowers you to act. It auto-generates a detailed Cryptographic Bill of Materials (CBOM), calculates your PQC readiness score, and offers clear, step-by-step remediation to help your PKI, security and DevOps teams replace vulnerable encryption with quantum-safe alternatives.
Other Key Features
- Easy CBOM Exports: Generates a comprehensive CBOM report in industry-standard CycloneDX or CSV formats for easy exports.
- Intuitive Dashboards: Provides executive dashboards, PQC readiness scores, drill-down views, and exportable reports to help you with both high-level overviews and tactical analysis.
- Automated Certificate Discovery: Automatically discovers all digital certificates, along with their associated applications, devices, and endpoints—so you can gauge endpoint-level PQC readiness and streamline future certificate migrations.
- CI/CD Pipeline Integration: Integrates with your CI/CD pipeline, supporting GitHub and AWS CodeBuild ( GitLab and Jenkins coming soon) to enforce PQC checks and auto-remediation within your existing DevOps workflows.
- Seamless Platform Sync: Allows you to upload your CBOM directly into AppViewX AVX ONE for unified visibility into your enterprise PQC readiness status.
You can use the Assessment tool either as a standalone tool or integrate it into your CI/CD pipelines (including GitHub Actions and AWS CodeBuild) based on your need. When coupled with the AVX ONE Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) and PKI platform, you get continuous compliance, seamless crypto-agility, and a faster path to post-quantum readiness across containers, clouds, and code.
No more guesswork. No more fragmented efforts. Just complete, continuous visibility—right where your teams need it.
To explore these features in more detail and see everything the PQC assessment tool can do, sign up here.
More PQC Readiness Solutions from AppViewX
- AppViewX PQC Test Center: A dedicated free online resource to assess your organization’s PQC readiness by generating and testing quantum-safe private trust certificates before their integration into existing systems, workloads, and machines. Quickly set up your own quantum-safe PKI hierarchy and generate PQC-ready certificates and keys to test their compatibility in your environment.
- Crypto-Agility with AVX ONE CLM: A complete certificate lifecycle management solution providing complete discovery, greater visibility, end-to-end lifecycle automation, and continuous policy control of your cryptographic ecosystem.
- PQC-Ready PKI: AVX ONE PKIaaS is a modern, agile, and secure PKI-as-a-Service with full support for the new NIST-standardized PQC encryption algorithms –ML-DSA (FIPS 204), SLH-DSA (FIPS 205), and Falcon. You can seamlessly issue PQC-enabled certificates for internal PKI use cases and take a proactive approach to PQC migration. AVX ONE CLM integrates with AVX ONE PKIaaS to help you discover, manage, issue, and automate the lifecycles of all certificates—legacy, hybrid, and PQC-ready certificates—at scale and speed.
To get started on your PQC readiness journey, talk to an expert at AppViewX today.