01
The identity inversionLead
Secrets getting read is a loss. Signatures getting forged is a crisis.
QCI-QS1 v2.3 identity workstream
Story angles
What we can speak to
Pre-packaged angles, each with a spokesperson ready and a source you can cite.
02
Three exposures, not one
Data, identity, and payments run on different clocks with different owners. Budgeting them as one problem gets all three wrong.
The Q-Risk model
03
The standard is free
A governance standard behind a paywall is marketing. QCI-QS1 is published in full, free to cite and adopt.
Mapped to DORA, NIS2, NCUA, HIPAA, FFIEC
04
The calendar got real
EU Milestone 1 lands December 31, 2026. CNSA 2.0 binds acquisitions January 1, 2027.
The Regulatory Radar, 31 tracked references
05
Harvest now, decrypt later
Already running against long-lived data. The bounded exposure, and the one that gets the headlines.
Federal Reserve FEDS 2025-093
06
The machine identity blind spot
Service accounts, signing keys, and AI-agent credentials are the fastest growing and least counted population.
The QASI inventory
For accurate coverage
Key messages and boilerplate
Approved copy for citation and the correct way to refer to us on first reference.
Approved boilerplate
The Quantum Core Institute (QCI) is a quantum risk governance standards body and advisory practice based in Washington, DC. It publishes QCI-QS1, the free, citeable standard for measuring and scoring an organization's quantum exposure, and runs assessments that apply it. QCI works on the demand side of quantum readiness: governance, measurement, and board-level evidence.
How to refer to us
- First referenceQuantum Core Institute in full, not to be confused with unrelated firms using the name QuantumCore.
- The standardQCI-QS1
- The scoreQ-Risk Score
Spokesperson
On the record
Available for interviews, background briefings, and expert comment on quantum risk, cryptographic migration, and board-level governance.
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Bryant Nielson
He founded the Quantum Core Institute to operationalize federal and international post-quantum standards for regulated institutions.
He authored Q-Day Clock: The Quantum Threat Hiding in Plain Sight, a plain language account of the cryptographic transition and its board-level implications.
He briefs boards, risk committees, and the supervisory community on quantum exposure, governance, and defensible migration planning.
Credentials and recent platforms
- Keynote, EIC Berlin: Identity Inversion.
- Established publishing relationship with KuppingerCole.
- Author, Q-Day Clock.
Available for
Written commentaryLive and recorded interviewsBackground briefingsPanels and keynotes
Press releases
Official announcements
Statements issued by the Quantum Core Institute. Each release is quotable in full and dated at publication.
Press kit
Everything you need to file
Reports, standards, logos, and headshots. Please style the brand as QCI² in body copy.
State of Quantum Readiness 2026
Our annual report, 23 pages, fully sourced.
PDF · 4.8 MB Download
Regulatory Radar 2026
31 tracked references by legal force, reviewed quarterly.
PDF · 2.1 MB Download
QCI-QS1 v2.3
The free governance standard.
PDF Download
Logo pack
Navy, white knockout, and mono.
ZIP · 3.2 MB Download
Spokesperson headshots
High resolution.
ZIP · 12.4 MB Download
Fact sheet
One page: who we are, what we measure, the key numbers.
PDF · 480 KB Download
Facts, with sources
Cite with confidence
Every figure below traces to a primary source, labeled with its real status. Final means final. Proposed means proposed.
- Final
FIPS 203, 204, and 205 were finalized August 13, 2024.
Source: NIST.
- Final
EU coordinated PQC roadmap, Milestone 1: December 31, 2026.
Source: European Commission and NIS Cooperation Group.
- Final
CNSA 2.0 binds new national security acquisitions from January 1, 2027.
Source: NSA.
- Reported
BIS Project Leap ran post-quantum signatures on live-like settlement transfers, December 2025.
Source: Bank for International Settlements.
- Estimate
Cryptographically relevant quantum computer probability, 19 to 34 percent by 2034. Expert survey estimate, not a forecast.
Source: Global Risk Institute, via Citi Institute, January 2026.
- Draft
NIST IR 8547 points to 2030 deprecation and 2035 disallowance.
Source: NIST.
Coverage
Recent and upcoming coverage
Selected articles, interviews, and analyst mentions that reference QCI-QS1 and the Quantum Core Institute.
Coverage links posted here as they publish.
Upcoming
On the calendar
Dates reporters can plan around. Confirmed events and regulatory milestones.
March 10, 2027
State of Quantum Readiness Summit
Rosslyn, Virginia
Press passes available.
December 31, 2026
EU PQC roadmap, Milestone 1
European Union
First coordinated deadline under the EU post-quantum roadmap.
January 1, 2027
CNSA 2.0 acquisition requirement in force
United States
Binds new national security systems acquisitions.
Contact
Media inquiries
For interviews, expert comment, briefings, and press kit access. We reply the same day on weekdays.