scope:

The present document addresses the problem of migration to an environment in a Fully Quantum Safe Cryptographic State (FQSCS) from a non-Quantum Safe Cryptographic State. The present document provides recommendations and guidance to ensure safe transition between the two (2) states.

The scope of attack considered in the present document includes those attacks against the cryptographic elements of the system. All other elements of the system that rely upon cryptography, but which are not susceptible to attack by a quantum computer, are presumed secure and are not addressed in the scope of the present document.

NOTE: The present document assumes an orderly, planned, migration. The concept of "emergency migration" wherein external events, such as the immediate availability of a viable quantum computer that is used to attack RSA or ECC entities, requiring immediate transition to a FQSCS, is not fully addressed in the present document.