PQC / CRYPTO-AGILITY / CBOM

Harvest-Now / Decrypt-Later Horizon Estimator.

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Estimates harvest-now-decrypt-later urgency from confidentiality lifetime, capture feasibility and migration lead time.

Version 2.5 Beta Protected engine HNDL urgency estimate
PURPOSE

Decision supported.

Estimates harvest-now-decrypt-later urgency from confidentiality lifetime, capture feasibility and migration lead time.

Intended user

research, assurance and technical review teams

Output status

Preliminary outputHuman review requiredNot certification
USE CASES

Where this instrument fits.

  • Prioritize long-lived confidentiality data
  • Explain HNDL pressure without timeline overclaiming
  • Select early migration candidates
  • Discuss supplier dependencies
INPUTS

Required input fields.

  • Data sensitivity (required): Low, Business confidential, Regulated or sensitive, Strategic long-lived secrets
  • Confidentiality lifetime years (required)
  • Estimated migration lead time years (required)
  • Adversary capture feasibility (required): Low, Medium, High
  • Current public-key exposure (required): No relevant public-key exposure, Limited, Material
  • Supplier dependency (required): Low, Medium, High

Data handling: this interface uses the L2ET protected same-origin instrument engine. Do not enter confidential, regulated, privileged, incident, medical or sensitive operational data.

METHOD

Timeline logic.

Uses pressure logic where confidentiality lifetime plus migration lead time increases urgency when capture feasibility and public-key exposure are material.

Source families

PQC transition planningHNDL risk analysisdata classification

Assumptions

  • No exact quantum timeline is predicted.
  • Threat horizon remains uncertain.
  • The result is a pressure estimate.
INTERACTIVE INSTRUMENT

HNDL urgency estimate.

Use the controls below to generate a preliminary artifact. The output is intentionally bounded and requires human review.

OUTPUT ARTIFACT

HNDL urgency estimate.

The generated artifact includes findings, assumptions, limitations, recommended next actions and exportable structured output.

Export options

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EXAMPLE

Example input and output.

Example input

Sensitive business records need 7-year confidentiality and migration lead time is estimated at 3 years.

Example output

Outputs elevated urgency because confidentiality lifetime plus lead time exceeds a conservative planning window.

LIMITATIONS

What this tool does not do.

  • Does not forecast when cryptographically relevant quantum computers arrive.
  • Does not decrypt or inspect data.
  • Does not certify urgency.

This instrument does not provide legal, medical, cryptographic, engineering, regulatory or compliance certification.

RELATED METHOD

Method and workflow links.

Read the family method note for assumptions, output artifacts, update policy and review boundaries.

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CHANGELOG

Version history.

  • v2.5 - Research-grade instrument template, method notes, assumptions, limitations, example and export actions added.
  • Last updated: 2026-05-27.
  • Maturity state: Beta.