Quantum Readiness Assessment · Durham
Quantum Readiness Assessment in Durham
Assessing what Durham organisations should do about quantum computing, where the near-term risk is not a machine breaking your encryption tomorrow. It is that traffic captured today can be stored and decrypted later — so data whose confidentiality must survive a decade is exposed by an event that has not happened yet.
Why this comes up
The problem
Nobody can say which systems use which cryptography, so no migration could be planned even if it were urgent.
What you get
What we deliver
- A cryptographic inventory — what algorithms are used, where, and by which systems
- Data classified by how long its confidentiality genuinely needs to last
- Exposure identified where long-lived secrets travel over interceptable channels
- Supplier positions established, since much of your cryptography is in their products
- Migration sequenced against the published post-quantum standards
- Crypto-agility improved, so the next algorithm change is not another project
Want this scoped for your business in Durham?
Thirty minutes, no charge, no sales script. You leave with a written summary of what quantum readiness assessment would actually involve — whether or not you use us.
Working in Durham
North East
Durham's economy is dominated by its university and cathedral, so the commercial base is small and much of the local demand comes from spinouts and suppliers attached to the institutions rather than from independent industry.
Research spinout software and visitor systems, usually on institutional procurement timelines rather than commercial ones.
Sectors we work with in Durham
- Higher Education
- Tourism & Heritage
- Public Sector
- Retail
- Research
What we work with
Technologies and platforms
- TLS
- PKI
- NIST PQC standards
- HSMs
Who we work with
Industries we serve
- Financial services
- Healthcare
- Defence
- Government
- Legal services
Why us
Why Durham businesses choose Asionis
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise
How we work
- Step 1
Free consultation
A 30-minute call to understand the problem. You keep the written summary either way.
- Step 2
Proposal
Scope, timeline and a fixed price, in writing, before anything starts.
- Step 3
Build
Short cycles with regular check-ins, so you see progress rather than hear about it.
- Step 4
Launch and support
We handle the go-live and stay available afterwards.
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Quantum Readiness Assessment in Durham — common questions
- What is harvest now, decrypt later?
- Capturing encrypted traffic today in the expectation of decrypting it once capable machines exist. It makes the timing question different from the usual one — the relevant date is not when quantum computers arrive but how long your data must stay confidential from now.
- Which data is actually at risk?
- Anything with a long secrecy requirement. Medical records, legal matters, state and defence material, intellectual property and long-term financial arrangements all matter in ten years, whereas today's stock levels or a delivery schedule do not.
- Why start with an inventory?
- Because you cannot migrate what you cannot find. Cryptography sits in applications, appliances, embedded devices and supplier products, much of it undocumented, and building that picture is the slow part of the work rather than choosing replacement algorithms.
- Is this urgent?
- For most organisations it is important and not urgent, and treating it otherwise sells fear. The proportionate response now is knowing what you have, identifying genuinely long-lived secrets and being able to change algorithms without a rebuild — not replacing working cryptography this year.
- Do you work with businesses across County Durham?
- Yes. We are based in Leicester, United Kingdom and work with clients throughout North East, including Durham and the surrounding County Durham area. Most collaboration happens remotely, and we travel for kick-offs and key milestones.
- What kind of Durham businesses do you usually work with?
- Research spinout software and visitor systems, usually on institutional procurement timelines rather than commercial ones. Beyond that we work across Higher Education, Tourism & Heritage, Public Sector, Retail and Research.
- Do you cover the areas around Durham?
- Yes — we work throughout North East, including Newcastle, Sunderland, York. Durham is an urban area of roughly 70,000+, and we take on work across the wider County Durham region rather than the city boundary alone.
Talk to us about Quantum Readiness Assessment in Durham
A 30-minute call with someone who would actually work on it. No sales script, no obligation.
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise