Quantum computing is reshaping the cybersecurity horizon, and the countdown to post-quantum readiness has already begun. Yet for many organizations, cryptographic assets remain hidden in plain sight, spread across clouds, applications, infrastructure, and third-party ecosystems. The path forward starts with visibility. Discover how ServiceNow helps you uncover your crypto estate, navigate the complexity of migration with confidence, and transform a daunting quantum challenge into a coordinated, automated journey toward a more resilient future.
Why Now: The PQC Timeline and Cryptoagility
If you work in security, compliance, or operations, you've heard the warnings. National Security Memorandum 10 (NSM-10). NIST's finalized Post-Quantum Cryptography standards (FIPS 203, 204, 205). The U.S. government's directive: federal agencies must transition off vulnerable algorithms by 2035. But here's the real deadline: harvest now, decrypt later attacks are happening today. Adversaries are collecting and storing encrypted traffic and waiting for quantum computers to make today's "unbreakable" encryption breakable tomorrow. Your sensitive data, your intellectual property, your customer information is at risk if encrypted with vulnerable algorithms.
The timeline is compressed. The complexity is immense, and the stakes are existential.
Cryptoagility- the ability to swiftly rotate cryptographic algorithms and update keys without breaking systems isn't optional anymore. It's operational survival. Organizations need to:
- Know what's encrypted and how: Identify every certificate, key, and cryptographic asset across cloud providers, on-premises infrastructure, and across the supply chain.
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Blast radius: Before you change a single algorithm, you need to see where encryption is used, what systems depend on it, and what breaks if you touch it.
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Plan the migration intelligently: PQC transitions aren't rip-and-replace. They're orchestrated moves across thousands of assets, with zero room for operational downtime. With automated change controls, you need to account for accountability with migration activities.
Introducing Cryptography Asset Compliance
Cryptography Asset Compliance brings three capabilities to the table, each one solving a critical piece of the problem.
Centralized Visibility Across Your Entire Crypto Estate
You have certificates, keys and cryptography libraries everywhere. Each one holds a piece of your cryptographic puzzle and most security teams can't see the whole picture. Cryptography Asset Compliance discovers, catalogues, and visualizes every cryptographic asset in your environment.
- Keys from major Cloud providers: Native integrations with AWS KMS and Azure Key Vault surface your managed keys, their algorithms, and their rotation policies in a single pane of glass.
- On-premises infrastructure: Digital certificates (TLS) deployed across your data centers, edge locations, and hybrid environments are automatically discovered and contextualized.
Each asset gets context, algorithm type, key length, expiration date, compliance status, and risk profile. No spreadsheets. No manual audits. Just intelligence.
Actionable Intelligence with Otto AI
Finding assets is step one. Understanding the risk posture in each crypto asset is step two, and it's where humans usually get stuck. ServiceNow's Otto AI doesn't just flag cryptographic problems. It explains them and recommends options to improve the risk posture.
For every risky asset- outdated algorithms, keys nearing expiration, certificates from deprecated providers- Otto AI analyzes the probable cause and suggests a migration path. It tells you:
- Why this is a risk. RSA-2048 is quantum-vulnerable. SHA-1 is cryptographically broken. ECC keys from generation-2 cloud APIs carry unpatched vulnerabilities.
- What breaks if you change it. The AI graphs dependencies and flags downstream impacts before you move.
- How to fix it. Step-by-step mitigation recommendations, prioritized by risk and operational complexity.
This isn't generic CVSS scoring. This is specific, actionable intelligence generated by AI that understands your infrastructure.
Dependency Graph and blast radius with crypto assets. See What Breaks Before It Breaks
The scariest moment in a PQC migration isn't when you update the algorithm. It's when you realize, after 10,000 systems have rotated their keys, that Application X still expects the old certificate format and now nothing works.
Cryptography Asset Compliance builds a dependency graph of your cryptographic assets. Before you migrate anything, you can:
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See every system that uses a specific certificate or key. The graph shows you where the certificate or key is deployed with visibility to infrastructure and business context.
- Understand the migration blast radius. Change this algorithm, and here's what updates need to happen downstream. Here are the integration points. Here are the teams you need to notify.
- Plan migrations sequentially, not blindly. Instead of a risky big-bang transition, you can orchestrate updates in waves, rotating non-critical assets first, then moving to business-critical systems once you've proven the migration plan.
The Compliance Angle
Regulatory frameworks are waking up to cryptography risk. DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) requires European financial institutions to maintain cryptographic agility. NIS2 (Network and Information Security Directive) mandates visibility into cryptographic controls. PCI DSS v4 tightens requirements on cryptographic key management. The SEC is signaling that post-quantum readiness will become a disclosure issue. Cryptography Asset Compliance produces the evidence your auditors are asking for. It documents your cryptographic inventory, your migration plan, and your compliance posture all in one system of record. No more hunting through spreadsheets to prove you know what you're protecting.
Why This Matters (Beyond the Panic)
Yes, the PQC migration will have the greatest impact to your infrastructure and applications. Cryptography Asset Compliance solves that. CAC puts people in control of their cryptographic estate and it replaces guesswork with Otto’s intelligence. In an era where encryption is the last line of defense, you can't afford to be blind to your own keys.
Get Started Today
Cryptography Asset Compliance is now generally available on the ServiceNow platform. Start by discovering your cryptographic assets. Understand your risks. Then plan your PQC migration with confidence. #ITOM
