As organizations begin preparing for the transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC), one of the biggest challenges is not just selecting the right algorithms, but integrating them into the platforms and systems that businesses rely on every day.
That’s why we’re pleased to be collaborating with pQCee as it launches its new crypto-agile Cryptographic Next Generation (CNG) provider for Microsoft Windows.
The solution enables organizations to deploy post-quantum cryptography through Windows’ native cryptographic interface, helping enterprises begin adopting quantum-safe security within existing infrastructure.
Bridging standards and real-world deployments
The transition to post-quantum security is accelerating following the publication of the first NIST PQC standards, including FIPS 204 (ML-DSA) and FIPS 205 (SLH-DSA). However, implementing these algorithms across operating systems, enterprise software and security hardware remains a complex task.
pQCee’s CNG provider helps address this challenge by enabling crypto-agile deployment of post-quantum algorithms within the Windows ecosystem.
Through this framework, organizations can integrate a wide range of cryptographic implementations, including:
- - NIST-standardized post-quantum algorithms
- - Hybrid classical and post-quantum cryptography
- - Country-specific PQC standards
- - Hardware integrations such as smartcards, HSMs and secure tokens
- - Emerging quantum technologies including QRNG and QKD
As part of this collaboration, PQShield’s PQCryptoLib-Core is being integrated within the pQCee CNG provider framework.
PQCryptoLib-Core is PQShield’s FIPS 140-3 certified cryptographic library, designed to deliver production-ready implementations of NIST-standardised post-quantum algorithms. By integrating it into the CNG provider, organizations can access standards-based PQC through familiar Windows cryptographic interfaces, simplifying deployment and accelerating migration.
Johannes Lintzen, Global Director of Business Development at PQShield, said:
Supporting crypto-agility for the quantum transition
As governments and enterprises worldwide begin planning their migration to quantum-safe cryptography, crypto-agility — the ability to quickly update cryptographic algorithms and implementations — is becoming essential.
Collaborations like this help ensure that organizations can adopt post-quantum security in practical, scalable ways, across widely used operating systems and enterprise environments.
The pQCee CNG provider will be demonstrated at RSA Conference 2026, where visitors can see how post-quantum cryptography can be deployed through Windows cryptographic infrastructure.
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