Storage infrastructure will underpin post-quantum security
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Post-quantum security isn’t just about TLS and VPNs—long-lived data sitting in storage is what attackers can steal now and decrypt later. If you own storage architecture, start tagging which datasets need quantum-safe protection for 10–20 years and align your vendors to that horizon.
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