Post-Quantum Risk as a Governance Problem
LaMarr Labs approaches post-quantum cryptography as a governance, longevity, and liability challenge, not a tooling or implementation exercise.
Most organizations encounter post-quantum risk too late… after cryptographic choices have already been embedded into systems, vendor contracts, and long-lived data assets. At that point, options narrow and costs escalate.
Our approach is designed to surface post-quantum risk early, when leadership still has room to decide deliberately, proportionately, and defensibly.
We focus on visibility before action, ensuring that cryptographic change is driven by material risk rather than theoretical urgency.
The Quantum Risk Migration Framework
LaMarr Labs operates using a proprietary intelligence framework, the Quantum Risk Migration Framework (QRMF), developed to translate cryptographic exposure into decision-grade governance signal.
QRMF evaluates how cryptographic decisions age over time.
Specifically, QRMF examines:
- how long data must remain confidential
- how that data is protected today
- where cryptographic and vendor dependencies constrain future change
- when delayed compromise becomes a material liability rather than a theoretical concern
By correlating data longevity, cryptographic posture, and dependency constraints, QRMF produces clear risk signals that leadership can act on without assuming universal urgency or premature migration.
The framework is intentionally designed to operate upstream of tooling, pilots, and architectural redesign, allowing organizations to distinguish between:
- immediate exposure requiring action
- deferred risk that can be governed over time
- conditions that warrant monitoring rather than intervention
QRMF enables proportional response, like aligning cryptographic change with governance reality rather than speculative timelines.
Decision-Grade Intelligence
The output of QRMF is decision-grade intelligence designed for executive, legal, and governance audiences.
Rather than producing lists of algorithms or theoretical weaknesses, our work focuses on:
- material exposure
- ownership clarity
- defensible sequencing
- long-term risk posture
This allows leadership to make informed decisions about when to act, where to act, and where restraint is appropriate– without committing to disruptive change prematurely.
Why This Approach Exists
The Quantum Risk Migration Framework was shaped by work conducted at the intersection of cryptography, policy, and high-consequence risk environments.
Across these contexts, a consistent failure pattern emerged: cryptographic decisions were made in isolation from data longevity, governance ownership, and downstream liability. Systems were secured for the present moment, while the data they protected was expected to remain sensitive for decades.
Over time, these decisions accumulated into risk that was technically invisible but strategically material: difficult to explain, difficult to own, and difficult to unwind once embedded.
This approach exists to close that gap.
It reflects a perspective formed upstream of implementation, where cryptography becomes a governance problem long before it becomes a technical one.
Operational Context
- High-value asset classification and long-term exposure planning
- Cryptographic operations in high-consequence environments
- Federal risk management and policy development
What This Approach Optimizes For
Our approach prioritizes:
- Defensibility: decisions leadership can stand behind internally and externally
- Proportionality: action aligned to actual risk, not speculation
- Clarity: visibility that reduces uncertainty rather than amplifying it
- Restraint: avoiding unnecessary disruption while preserving long-term security
This posture allows organizations to navigate post-quantum transition deliberately, without false urgency or complacency.
Independence and Scope
LaMarr Labs does not design, sell, or implement cryptographic tooling.
Our independence allows us to evaluate risk, vendor claims, and transition timelines without incentive to accelerate change or promote specific solutions.
The framework exists to support governance integrity, not execution delivery.
The post-quantum transition is a long-horizon risk that must be governed deliberately.
Our approach exists to make that governance possible.