Harvest Now, Decrypt Later (HNDL) Adversaries are intercepting and storing encrypted operational telemetry, building schematics, and critical control traffic today. Once Cryptanalytically Relevant Quantum Computers (CRQCs) arrive, this stored data will be decrypted retroactively. Protecting data in transit is an immediate requirement.
NIST Standardized PQC (FIPS 203, 204 & 205) Published in August 2024, NIST’s finalized post-quantum standards, ML-KEM (FIPS 203) for key exchange and ML-DSA (FIPS 204) for digital signatures, provide the formal cryptographic foundation for critical operations. By also standardizing SLH-DSA (FIPS 205) as a non-lattice reserve, NIST underscored the critical need for cryptographic agility: ensuring infrastructure can seamlessly swap and rotate algorithms via software as mathematical standards evolve.
Federal Benchmarks Lead the Industry NSA CNSA 2.0 requires post-quantum capability for new federal networking acquisitions starting January 1, 2027, with network equipment moving to PQC-only by 2030. Critical infrastructure is adopting this same path to protect long-life field assets.
Software-Defined, Zero Rip-and-Replace Advanced persistent threat (APT) groups and state intelligence units are actively capturing and archiving encrypted operational traffic across commercial real estate, data centers, and energy networks. Neeve closes this vulnerability window immediately by upgrading SASE data tunnels to NIST FIPS 203 (ML-KEM) via non-disruptive software updates, protecting sensitive telemetry and remote operational sessions without physical hardware replacement.
Zero-Downtime Identity Defense Across Facilities & Remote Assets Migrating cryptographic certificates across enterprise campuses, central chiller plants, and remote oil & gas compressor stations has historically risked connectivity dropouts. In 2027, Neeve deploys dual-validation parallel processing for FIPS 204 (ML-DSA), validating classical and quantum-safe identities concurrently. Control networks, BMS supervisors, and SCADA endpoints remain continuously active with zero operational interruption.
Permanent Cryptographic Agility for Long-Lifespan Edge Assets Facility controls and remote field gateways have operational lifecycles of 10 to 15 years. As nation-state cryptanalysis evolves and NIST standardizes backup non-lattice algorithms (such as FIPS 205 SLH-DSA), edge infrastructure cannot be locked into rigid hardware chipsets. Neeve decouples cryptography from physical edge devices, enabling over-the-air cipher rotation on demand.