Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Certes for Post-Quantum Cryptography Leadership: Why Data Protection Can’t Wait

Frost & Sullivan’s 2026 report highlights the importance of protecting critical data during the transition to post-quantum cryptography and recognizes Certes for its approach to quantum-safe protection across existing infrastructure.

Legacy applications. Critical infrastructure. Hybrid cloud. Thousands of cryptographic dependencies.

For enterprise security leaders, preparing for post-quantum cryptography (PQC) raises difficult questions. How do you protect sensitive data while upgrading complex systems? How do you introduce quantum-safe protection without disrupting critical operations? And how do you prepare for further changes to cryptographic standards?

These questions have immediate business consequences.

Harvest-now, decrypt-later attacks mean sensitive information captured today could be exposed when sufficiently capable quantum computers become available.

For financial institutions, healthcare providers and other organizations responsible for long-lived sensitive information, waiting for every system to become PQC-ready creates unnecessary exposure.

Frost & Sullivan addresses this challenge in its 2026 analysis of the post-quantum cryptography industry, recognizing Certes with its Global Enabling Technology Leadership Recognition in the Post-Quantum Cryptography industry.

Discover why Frost & Sullivan recognized Certes. Download the report.

The PQC Challenge Goes Beyond Cryptographic Upgrades

Preparing for quantum threats requires organizations to understand where vulnerable cryptography exists across applications, infrastructure and data flows.

Frost & Sullivan identifies cryptographic visibility, including cryptographic bills of materials (CBOMs), as an important foundation for prioritizing migration.

But identifying vulnerable cryptography is only part of the challenge.

Organizations must also manage complex technology dependencies, coordinate upgrades across interconnected systems and maintain business continuity throughout the process.

For financial institutions, the operational risks are significant.

Core banking systems, payment infrastructure and customer-facing applications depend on established technology environments where changes must be carefully managed. Disruption can affect transactions, service availability and customer trust.

Healthcare organizations face similar pressures when protecting sensitive patient information exchanged between clinical systems, providers and connected services.

At the same time, sensitive data continues to move across these environments, creating exposure that broader migration programs must address.

Cryptographic visibility helps organizations plan their PQC transition. Protecting critical data in transit helps reduce exposure while that work continues.

Protecting Critical Data During PQC Migration

One of the central findings in Frost & Sullivan’s analysis is the need to protect high-value data while organizations modernize their underlying cryptographic systems.

The report highlights Certes’ ability to introduce quantum-safe, data-centric protection without requiring businesses to replace existing applications or reengineer their networks.

Certes applies protection to critical data in transit at Layer 4, operating alongside existing infrastructure and network controls.

This enables organizations to strengthen protection across sensitive data flows while continuing their wider PQC migration.

For CISOs and technology leaders, the business benefits are significant:

• Reduce exposure now: Protect sensitive data in transit while broader cryptographic upgrades continue.
• Preserve existing investments: Introduce quantum-safe protection without replacing applications or network infrastructure.
• Maintain operational continuity: Reduce the disruption associated with protecting critical systems and data flows.

This approach is particularly relevant for organizations operating legacy applications, hybrid cloud environments and mission-critical infrastructure where extensive changes carry operational risk.

Crypto-Agility: Preparing for Continued Cryptographic Change

PQC readiness also raises another important question: what happens when cryptographic standards and requirements change again?

Organizations that depend on cryptography embedded within individual applications and infrastructure components may face repeated upgrades as new requirements emerge.

Frost & Sullivan highlights Certes’ Cryptographic Abstraction Layer (CAL) as a key capability for addressing this challenge.

CAL separates cryptographic protection from the underlying technology infrastructure, allowing organizations to manage cryptographic policies and changes centrally.

For CISOs, centralized cryptographic control can reduce the operational burden of future upgrades, preserve existing technology investments and support faster responses to changing security requirements.

It also reduces dependence on individual application and infrastructure vendors to deliver updates before organizations can adapt their data protection controls.

Crypto-agility gives businesses greater control over how they respond to future cryptographic requirements, without repeatedly redesigning their technology environments.

Why Frost & Sullivan Recognized Certes

Frost & Sullivan’s 2026 Global Enabling Technology Leadership Recognition acknowledges Certes’ practical approach to overcoming the challenges of enterprise PQC migration.

As Ozgun Pelit, Sr. Industry Analyst at Frost & Sullivan, explains:

“Customers can therefore add data-centric protection without having to re-architect their environments or sacrifice existing technology investments.”

Protect Critical Data Today. Prepare for What’s Next.

Quantum threats demand action today. Frost & Sullivan’s recognition reinforces the importance of turning PQC planning into measurable protection while wider migration programs continue.

The longer businesses wait to protect critical data, the greater their potential exposure.

Ready to strengthen your PQC strategy?

Download the Frost & Sullivan report to discover the findings behind Certes’ 2026 Global Enabling Technology Leadership Recognition.