Qtonic Quantum | Post-Quantum Ready, Continuously™ | May 2026
Can Your Firm Prove Confidentiality in 2030?
A confidentiality proof problem for law firms.
Revised for client, board, and managing partner discussion | May 2026
Company-reported · not independently audited
Executive Thesis
The decision is evidentiary, not speculative
Law firms do not need to predict a single CRQC date. They need to prove control over cryptographic exposure. If client secrets must remain confidential after 2030, the firm needs an inventory, an owner, and a migration path — now.
The Problem
Privileged archives, litigation holds, M&A records, and regulated client files often outlive the encryption protecting them.
The Gap
Traditional TLS and vulnerability scans miss quantum exposure — they grade present configuration, not future decryptability.
The Move
Use QScout on an authorized domain, then escalate only where evidence warrants deeper proof or migration governance.
Source: Qtonic Quantum Services and QScout public pages
Why Now
The standards are live. The migration clock has started.
Use standards milestones as planning anchors, not as a reason to wait. Dates below are planning anchors drawn from published government guidance — not binding legal deadlines. Select a marker to read the milestone.
Milestone 1 of 5· select a marker to advance the timeline
2024
NIST finalizes first PQC FIPS — FIPS 203, 204, and 205 approved, standardizing ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA.
2028
NCSC inventory and planning anchor. UK NCSC guidance sets 2028 as a planning milestone for initial PQC inventory and migration roadmaps. (Non-binding planning anchor)
2029
A Qtonic Quantum planning assumption — a planning marker, not a prediction and not a NIST date.
2030
NSA/NIST planning anchor. NSA CNSA 2.0 and NIST IR 8547 identify 2030 as a high-priority planning milestone for federal and enterprise PQC migration. NIST IR 8547 (initial public draft) describes deprecating quantum-vulnerable public-key cryptography after this point. (Non-binding planning anchor)
2035
Broad PQC completion target. Government and critical infrastructure guidance uses 2035 as a broad transition target for PQC adoption. (Non-binding planning anchor)
NIST IR 8547 identifies quantum-vulnerable public-key algorithms and provides federal transition direction. NSA CNSA 2.0 and UK NCSC guidance place inventory, planning, and migration completion on firm, dated roadmaps. These dates are planning anchors, not binding legal deadlines. Law firms should treat them as risk-management inputs, not compliance triggers.
Sources: NIST FIPS 203/204/205 (Aug 2024), NIST IR 8547 IPD, NSA CNSA 2.0 Suite (Sep 2022), UK NCSC PQC migration guidance | Dates are non-binding planning anchors; the 2029 reference is a Qtonic Quantum planning assumption, not a prediction and not a NIST date
Law Firm Exposure
Harvest now, decrypt later changes the breach window
The attacker does not need a quantum computer today to create a confidentiality problem today. Encrypted material copied now may become readable later if it relies on RSA, ECDH, or ECDSA — and must stay confidential beyond the migration window. Expand each exposure domain below.
01M&A and Deal DataNegotiation strategy · bid documents · private equity diligence · data room archives
Negotiation strategy, bid documents, private equity diligence, and data room archives — often with multi-decade confidentiality requirements. Material copied today under classical encryption may become readable inside the harvest-now, decrypt-later window long after a deal closes.
02Litigation and InvestigationsWork product · discovery collections · witness materials · privilege logs
Work product, discovery collections, witness materials, and privilege logs — all subject to long-term hold obligations. Litigation holds frequently outlive the cryptography protecting the collection, extending the exposure window well past the matter itself.
03Regulated Client MattersHealthcare PHI · financial services records · defense and government client data
Healthcare PHI, financial services records, and defense and government client data governed by strict confidentiality regimes. Regulated matters carry both contractual and statutory confidentiality horizons that can extend for decades.
04Firm CommunicationsEmail archives · client portals · VPNs · PKI · DKIM · document encryption
Email archives, client portals, VPNs, PKI, DKIM, and document encryption — the full communications fabric of the firm. These channels depend on the classical public-key primitives most exposed to a future quantum-equipped adversary.
Sources: Global Risk Institute Quantum Threat Timeline 2024 and Qtonic Quantum HNDL resource context
Professional Responsibility
This is not a new ethics rule. It is a new risk inside old duties.
Quantum readiness does not require a new compliance framework. The duty is familiar. The risk has changed.
Competence — ABA Model Rule 1.1
ABA Model Rule 1.1, Comment 8 states lawyers should keep current on the benefits and risks of relevant technology. Qtonic Quantum’s risk interpretation: quantum-vulnerable cryptography is increasingly difficult to treat as theoretical for matters with long confidentiality horizons.
Confidentiality — ABA Model Rule 1.6(c)
ABA Model Rule 1.6(c) requires reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized disclosure of client information. ABA Formal Opinions 477R and 483 interpret what reasonable efforts mean for electronically stored information and breach response. Qtonic Quantum’s risk interpretation: reasonableness evolves with threat likelihood and matter sensitivity — both of which are rising for long-lived encrypted archives.
Evidence of Control
The practical question for partners is simple: can the firm point to a dated, authorized assessment, named owners, and a funded migration sequence for internal planning and external discussion — records that inform, but do not by themselves determine, compliance?
Qtonic Quantum risk framing — not legal advice: The quantum-specific application of these rules is Qtonic Quantum’s interpretation of foreseeable risk, not a statement of current regulatory requirement. Firms should obtain counsel on their specific obligations.
Sources: ABA Model Rule 1.1 Comment 8, ABA Model Rule 1.6(c), ABA Formal Opinions 477R and 483 (public frameworks adopted with variations by state bars) | Not legal advice | Qtonic Quantum’s risk interpretation only
Board Math
The planning equation is already unfavorable for long-lived matters
The exact date of a cryptographically relevant quantum computer (CRQC) is uncertain. The risk calculation still demands action today.
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Data Shelf Life
How long the matter must stay confidential. M&A, privilege logs, and regulated records often require decades.
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Migration Time
Inventory, vendor negotiation, architecture change, testing, deployment — a multi-year program for most firms.
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Time to Exposure
CRQC uncertainty combined with NIST, NSA, and NCSC migration anchors sets the outer boundary of tolerable delay.
When the left side exceeds the right side, delay creates present-day exposure. That is the core harvest-now, decrypt-later problem — and the reason the board equation favors early action over deferred planning.
Sources: Global Risk Institute Quantum Threat Timeline 2024 and NIST transition guidance | Risk model for executive discussion
Client Due Diligence
What your clients will ask before the question becomes adversarial
The right answer to a sophisticated client or counterparty is not a policy statement. It is dated, signed evidence. Expand each question to see what good looks like.
QInventoryDo you maintain a cryptographic bill of materials?
Do you maintain a cryptographic bill of materials covering TLS, VPNs, portals, email signing, identity, key stores, and material SaaS dependencies? A dated CBOM is the foundational artifact every downstream answer depends on.
QExposureWhich systems still depend on RSA, ECDH, or ECDSA?
Which systems still depend on RSA, ECDH, or ECDSA — and what data sits inside the harvest-now, decrypt-later window? The answer should map specific systems to specific long-confidentiality matters.
QVendorsWhich providers have PQC roadmaps you can validate?
Which e-discovery, cloud, KMS, and communications providers have PQC roadmaps your firm can independently validate? Vendor assurances should be backed by published commitments you can hold them to in contract.
QProofCan you show a dated assessment and chain-of-custody artifacts?
Can you show a dated assessment, chain-of-custody artifacts, risk acceptance decisions, retest results, and board-level reporting? The deliverable a sophisticated counterparty expects is evidence, not a policy statement.
Positioning: Qtonic Quantum gives the firm a governed proof path from initial snapshot to migration closure.
Qtonic Quantum | Buyer readiness questions
Qtonic Quantum Product Surface
Find exposure. Prove materiality. Fix migration sequence. Keep current.
Three steps to governed readiness. One continuity layer. Two proof layers available where deeper evidence is needed.
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QScout — Find
Authorized domain scan. External cryptographic surface. Executive-grade snapshot the same week.
02
QStrike — Prove
Forward-threat validation against the firm’s actual surface. Evidence capture. Prioritized findings built for audit, insurance, and client review.
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QSolve — Fix
Migration governance with named owners, sequenced execution, and standards-mapped choices.
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QScout Pulse — Stay Current
Continuous post-quantum drift intelligence between major assessments. Detect posture drift between review cycles.
Additional proof layers — available where evidence justifies
QSight: Deeper passive public exposure review for outsider-verifiable proof. QLab: PQC solution scoring across 10 published dimensions. Neither is required at the outset — both are available when findings support escalation.
QLab | Sources: Qtonic Quantum homepage and services pages
Open complete legal-sector readiness brief
QScout
QScout turns one domain into board evidence
Designed as a decision brief, not a vulnerability dump. A single authorized domain scan produces the executive-grade snapshot a managing partner can act on the same week.
QScout Public Assessment Intake
- One authorized public domain and business email verification
- External TLS, DNS, HTTP, certificate, and surface metadata
- Browser-safe executive snapshot
- Clear recommendation for next step
What It Answers
- What is externally visible today?
- Where is HNDL exposure observable?
- What should be assigned to an owner now?
Deeper Review (Silver/Gold)
- Authenticated paths and internal assets
- Signed evidence bundles and CBOM handoff
- Remediation sequencing
- Operator-led scope review
Why Start Here
QScout is the entry point. One authorized domain. One week. One executive snapshot. Everything else — QStrike, QSolve, Pulse — is justified by what QScout finds, not by vendor recommendation.
Sources: Qtonic Quantum QScout page and Legal & Privacy page
QStrike
QStrike validates what matters before migration spend accelerates
QStrike sits between cryptographic discovery and post-quantum migration — validating which attack paths against the firm’s actual surface are real before the firm commits to costly remediation. It uses modeled forward-threat demonstrations and resource-estimate analysis against a bounded 2030–2031 quantum-equipped adversary model, and does not claim present-day capability to break production RSA-2048 or ECC-256.
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Forward-Threat Validation
Validation is run against the customer’s observed cryptographic surface — not generic industry profiles — with provider-aligned workflows and confidence-weighted findings.
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Engagement Shape
Up to 120-day engagement, 6 provider-aligned modeled profiles, 4 modalities, and evidence built for audit, insurance, and client review.
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$2M Challenge — subject to published eligibility and terms
$2M Challenge — subject to published eligibility and terms. Qualifying QStrike engagements may be eligible for a $2M payout if zero high or critical cryptographic vulnerabilities are found after review. Eligibility is subject to signed challenge terms, defined scope conditions, exclusions, review process, and program cap. See qtonicquantum.com for full terms.
Sources: Qtonic Quantum QStrike page and $2M Challenge page | QStrike validation | modeled forward-threat demonstration and resource-estimate analysis, bounded 2030–2031 adversary model; no present-day break claim
QSolve
QSolve turns findings into accountable migration
Post-quantum readiness fails when ownership, sequencing, and vendor choices remain vague. QSolve converts evidence into a governed execution plan with named owners at every stage.
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Evidence-Led Sequencing
Migration order is driven by measured exposure, validated risk, and implementation dependencies — not vendor convenience.
02
Stakeholder Execution
Security, infrastructure, engineering, compliance, and procurement work from one governed plan with clear handoffs.
03
Buyer-Controlled Structure
Solution choices stay accountable to firm requirements. No single vendor’s positioning shapes the migration architecture.
04
Control-Owner Clarity
Decisions, handoffs, and implementation responsibility are explicit at every step — eliminating accountability gaps.
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Validation Closure
Post-migration follow-through ties back to the original evidence chain, confirming what was fixed and what remains open.
Decision support covers ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA adoption tied to measured exposure.
Source: Qtonic Quantum QSolve page
QLab
PQC scoring supports defensible vendor decisions
Law firms need technology choices they can defend to clients, auditors, and insurers — not selections shaped by vendor pressure or undisclosed financial relationships.
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Published Scoring Dimensions
Each evaluated PQC solution is scored across 10 published weights with transparent thresholds.
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Pay-to-Play Slots
No vendor pays for inclusion, ranking, or favorable evaluation. Independence is structural.
How It Works
Each evaluated PQC solution receives a 0–100 score across published weights and thresholds. Ground-truth scores are produced by PQC domain experts, not by automated evaluation alone.
Published Methodology
The scoring methodology is public and designed for diligence review by procurement, legal, and technical teams.
Signed Evidence Path
Published scores ship with provenance evidence before release — so the firm can verify claims, not just accept them.
Law firm use case: Evaluate PQC libraries, TLS stacks, cloud key services, and vendor migration claims against a consistent, public rubric.
Source: QLab methodology page | PQC solution scoring
QScout Extensions
QSight and QScout Pulse close the visibility gap
After initial discovery, law firms need deeper public proof of exposure and a continuously current posture — not just a point-in-time snapshot.
QSight: Deeper Public Exposure Evidence
Passive, evidence-first review used after QScout when a team needs to probe deeper into what outsiders can already verify about the firm’s cryptographic surface.
No agent. No install. No source access required. Findings are backed by artifacts, hashes, timestamps, falsifiers, and reproduction commands — documented and reproducible for review from the start.
QScout Pulse: Always-Current Intelligence
Extends QScout into a continuous post-quantum risk and vulnerability intelligence layer. Scheduled reassessment keeps the board, CISO, and operators aligned.
Drift reporting shows what changed, why urgency changed, and whether escalation to QStrike or QSolve is warranted — so the firm is never caught by a posture shift.
Sources: Qtonic Quantum QSight and QScout Pulse pages | Continuous intelligence and evidence
Law Firm Confidentiality Concerns
Data handling must be privilege-conscious from the first scan
The first engagement is designed to avoid unnecessary access to client matter data while still generating useful, evidence-backed findings that can be shared with partners, auditors, and insurers.
What QScout public intake Touches
Domain name and business email verification. Public TLS and certificate metadata. Public DNS, HTTP, and surface metadata. Authorization and request-origin evidence.
What It Avoids
No client matter data or internal network access. No credentials or software installation. No sensitive authentication token storage.
How to Scope Safely
Confirm authorization in writing before scanning. Use NDA where privilege boundaries require it. Define escalation criteria for QScout Silver or Gold access. Escalate only when QScout public intake evidence justifies it.
Qtonic Quantum public legal materials state QScout public intake snapshot results are informational and should not be the sole basis for security decisions.
Sources: Qtonic Quantum QScout page and Legal & Privacy page | Data handling
Output Package
The deliverable is a proof package, not a slideware memo
The output should be reviewable by a client, auditor, outside counsel questionnaire team, or underwriter without requiring a live explanation.
Executive Brief
Concise business narrative, grade, HNDL indicator, risk drivers, and board-level next action — written for non-technical decision-makers.
CBOM
Cryptographic Bill of Materials covering algorithms, protocols, keys, certificates, dependencies, and vulnerability classification.
Evidence Artifacts
Signed or hash-bound evidence, timestamps, scope truth, reproduction notes, and chain-of-custody handling.
Remediation Roadmap
Prioritized migration sequence mapped to systems, vendors, control owners, and deadline risk.
Retest and Drift Record
Validation closure plus QScout Pulse or scheduled reassessment to detect posture changes between major reviews.
Sample CBOM Entry — Illustrative Only
Asset: mail.example-firm.com
Protocol: TLS 1.2
Algorithm: RSA-2048 (quantum-vulnerable)
Key Usage: Server authentication
Cert Expiry: 2026-11-14
PQC Status: Not migrated
Risk Class: HIGH — HNDL exposure window active
Owner: [Named — redacted for illustration]
Last Scanned: [Date — redacted for illustration]
Actual deliverables include signed hash-bound evidence, chain-of-custody handling, and reproduction notes. Sample shown for illustrative purposes only.
Sources: Qtonic Quantum homepage, QScout, QStrike, QSolve, QSight, and Lab methodology pages | Evidence-backed deliverables
Recommended Path
A practical law-firm rollout keeps scope tight at first
Start with an external snapshot. Add proof and execution only where the facts — not vendor incentives — support escalation. Step through the closed loop below.
01 · Find — QScout
Day 0: agree authorized domain, sponsor, and escalation criteria before any scanning begins. Week 1: run QScout public intake to generate a browser-safe decision snapshot and assign a named owner to the findings.
02 · Prove — QScout Silver/Gold, QSight, QStrike
Weeks 2–4: use QScout Silver or Gold and QSight where evidence from QScout public intake justifies deeper investigation. Months 2–4: QStrike validates high-risk attack paths and produces evidence built for audit, insurance, and client review.
03 · Fix — QSolve
Sequence migration, manage vendors, and retest under a governed plan with named owners — driven by measured exposure, not vendor convenience.
04 · Prove — QScout Pulse & the Lab
Keep posture current with continuous post-quantum drift intelligence and scheduled reassessment, with Lab scoring available to defend vendor choices to clients, auditors, and insurers.
Rule:Do not buy a migration project until discovery tells you what must move first — and why.
Qtonic Quantum | Suggested sequencing
Partner Economics
The business case is avoiding an undefendable answer.
The firm wins by having a dated, evidence-backed answer ready — before a client, regulator, or insurer forces the question under adversarial conditions.
Protect Privilege
Reduce the probability that long-lived privileged material becomes readable after the fact — protecting both the client and the firm’s duty of confidentiality.
Reduce Diligence Friction
Answer outside counsel questionnaires and client security assessments with dated evidence, not aspirational policy language.
Improve Audit Posture
Show security committees and cyber insurers a dated assessment, named remediation owners, and a scheduled retest plan.
Avoid Rushed Migration
Start while vendor choices, architecture decisions, and business disruption can still be controlled and sequenced deliberately.
Differentiate in RFPs
Turn post-quantum readiness into a client-facing proof point for sensitive matters — particularly in regulated industries and government work.
Qtonic Quantum | Business case
Board Decision
Authorize one domain.
Leave with a number.
One authorized domain. One week. One number that tells you where you stand.
The evidence tells you what comes next — not the vendor.
qtonicquantum.com | +1 (866) 4-QTONIC
Appendix
Sources and References
Current public sources used to harden claims and update product positioning. All product claims are based on Qtonic Quantum public pages available during review.
Qtonic Quantum Sources
- Qtonic Quantum homepage and Services page
- Qtonic Quantum Brand Continuity page
- QScout product page and Legal & Privacy page
- QSight product page
- QScout Pulse product page
- QStrike product page and $2M Challenge page
- QSolve product page
- QLab Methodology page
Regulatory and Standards Sources
- NIST FIPS 203, FIPS 204, and FIPS 205 approval notice
- NIST IR 8547 Initial Public Draft
- NSA CNSA 2.0 algorithm requirements and PQC resources
- OMB M-23-02 migration memorandum
- UK NCSC PQC migration timelines
- Global Risk Institute Quantum Threat Timeline Report 2024
- ABA Model Rule 1.1 Comment 8 and Rule 1.6(c)
- ABA Formal Opinions 477R and 483
Legal and regulatory content is provided for business discussion purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Recipients should consult qualified legal counsel.
Qtonic Quantum | Post-Quantum Ready, Continuously™ | Reference appendix
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
QIs there a binding rule that requires post-quantum migration for law firms today?
We are not aware of an ABA Model Rule or Formal Opinion that specifically names post-quantum cryptography, and bar rules vary by jurisdiction. Public ethics guidance commonly discusses two long-standing duties in connection with technology: competence (ABA Model Rule 1.1, Comment 8) and confidentiality (ABA Model Rule 1.6(c), with reasonable-efforts guidance addressed in ABA Formal Opinions 477R and 483). Qtonic Quantum's risk interpretation — a security-risk view, not an opinion on any firm's legal obligations — is that quantum-vulnerable encryption is increasingly hard to treat as theoretical for matters with long confidentiality horizons. This is risk framing, not legal advice; consult qualified counsel on how any duties apply to you.
QWill any client data, privileged material, or matter content be accessed during a QScout public intake assessment?
No. QScout public intake operates on authorized public surface only — domain and business-email verification, public TLS, DNS, HTTP, and certificate metadata, and authorization evidence. It does not access matter files, document-management systems, email content, or materials the firm identifies as privileged or client-confidential. Deeper tiers expand scope only by written authorization.
QHow does this interact with attorney-client privilege and the duty of confidentiality?
The default posture is to avoid systems and repositories likely to hold privileged or client-confidential content; in normal operation the public-surface assessment does not require access to matter content or firm-designated confidential repositories. Where a firm authorizes scope beyond public surface, access terms and handling are agreed in writing first. ABA Formal Opinions 477R and 483 are frequently cited in discussions of reasonable efforts to protect electronically stored information; the deliverables provide dated, attributable technical records a firm and its counsel can review alongside other facts. This is risk framing, not legal advice and not a determination of privilege or compliance — those are for qualified counsel.
QWhat does a law firm actually receive?
An authorized cryptographic posture of the firm's public surface, dated findings with named control owners, a CycloneDX cryptographic bill of materials, and a sequenced migration view — authorized assessment records for internal planning and external discussions. The package does not determine compliance, satisfy any legal standard, or preserve privilege; those remain for the firm and its counsel.
QWhy start with QScout public intake rather than a full engagement?
QScout public intake produces a browser-safe decision snapshot in about a week on one authorized public domain — enough to tell partners whether deeper review is justified by evidence, before committing budget to a multi-month engagement.
QDoes the $2M challenge apply here?
No. The $2M challenge applies to QStrike engagements only, and is subject to signed challenge terms, scope conditions, exclusions, an independent review process, and a program cap. QScout findings are not in scope. See qtonicquantum.com for full terms.
QIs 2029 a prediction of when encryption breaks?
No. 2029 is a Qtonic Quantum planning assumption — a self-imposed readiness control date, not a prediction and not a NIST date. It is distinct from NIST IR 8547 (initial public draft), which describes deprecating quantum-vulnerable public-key cryptography after 2030 and disallowing it after 2035, and from the bounded 2030–2031 adversary model QStrike validates against.
QDoes QStrike claim it can break our clients' encryption today?
No. QStrike produces modeled forward-threat demonstrations and resource-estimate analysis against a bounded 2030–2031 quantum-equipped adversary model. It makes no present-day RSA-2048 or ECC-256 break claim; cited cryptanalysis figures are published resource estimates, not demonstrations of capability against production systems.
QIs anything on this page legal or regulatory advice?
No. The content on this page is Qtonic Quantum's risk interpretation of public professional-responsibility and regulatory anchors. It is not legal, tax, or regulatory advice, and engaging Qtonic Quantum does not by itself create an attorney-client relationship. Firms should consult qualified counsel on their specific obligations.
Qtonic Quantum is a security-assessment vendor, not a law firm. Nothing in this FAQ is legal advice or creates an attorney-client relationship; consult qualified counsel on your obligations.
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Notices & disclaimers
Forward-looking statements. Statements regarding future events, regulatory actions, quantum-computing capabilities, migration timelines, and engagement outcomes are forward-looking and may differ materially. The 2030 deprecation and 2035 transition references are NIST IR 8547 initial-public-draft and government-guidance milestones subject to change in final publication; any 2029 reference is a Qtonic Quantum planning assumption, not a prediction and not a NIST date. Cited cryptanalysis resource estimates are resource estimates published in those papers, not demonstrations of capability against production systems.
Company-reported metrics.“100,000+ findings,” “widespread HNDL exposure,” “PQC readiness average 18/100,” “governed false-positive control,” and “200+ implementations evaluated” are company-reported figures from Qtonic Quantum’s own engagement records, not independently audited. Request methodology before relying on them.
QStrike capability scope.QStrike provides modeled forward-threat demonstrations and resource-estimate validation against the operator’s deployed cryptographic primitives, bounded to a 2030–2031 quantum-equipped adversary model. It does not claim, and should not be interpreted as claiming, present-day capability to break, decrypt, or forge signatures against production RSA, ECDSA, ECDH, or related classical primitives at full parameter sizes.
Standards. NIST IR 8547 is an initial public draft. FIPS 203 (ML-KEM), FIPS 204 (ML-DSA), and FIPS 205 (SLH-DSA) are published standards. Use of ML-DSA for Lab attestations does not by itself imply FIPS 140-3 module validation. ABA Model Rules 1.1 and 1.6(c), and ABA Formal Opinions 477R and 483, are public professional-responsibility frameworks adopted with variations by individual state bars; the recipient is solely responsible for its own professional-responsibility compliance.
Composite illustration. Buyer roles, quotes, and scenarios on this page are composite illustrations drawn from public practice and do not refer to any specific named individuals, organizations, or engagements. Any industry incidents referenced are described solely from public sources (SEC filings, federal court records, state attorney general and bar disclosures, and reputable trade media) and are not Qtonic Quantum clients.
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