Accelerate PQC Migration: How to Leverage CBOMs for Cryptographic Asset Discovery

This blog outlines the rising quantum threat to current cryptography and advocates a structured, CBOM-driven approach to discovering and managing cryptographic assets for PQC readiness. It references NCSC guidance, OWASP CycloneDX’s CBOM, and NIST’s FIPS 203–205 approvals, and promotes Spectra Assure for generating CBOMs, prioritizing risks, and operationalizing migration. The post details remediation options (in-place migration, re-platforming, retiring services, running to end-of-life, or tolerating risk) and emphasizes business context when assessing weak or deprecated algorithms.