Getting PQC Migration Funded
Many organizations recognize the quantum threat but struggle to secure budget for migration. The technical case is clear. Programs stall on the business case: cost justification, ROI framing, and executive presentation.
This two-hour course covers cost modeling for PQC migration, regulatory compliance framing, risk quantification, and how to present the case to win budget approval. It is designed for anyone who needs to justify PQC migration spending to leadership, whether as a CISO, program manager, consultant, or technical leader.
Course Outline
Module 1 60 minutes Cost Modeling and Risk Quantification
What PQC migration actually costs across the program lifecycle: discovery and inventory, planning and architecture, implementation and testing, verification, and ongoing operations. Cost drivers and how to estimate them for your organization. Risk quantification: converting HNDL exposure windows and TNFL trust dependencies into financial terms. The cost of not migrating: regulatory penalties, insurance premium increases, client contract losses, and breach liability in a post-CRQC world.
Module 2 60 minutes Making the Case: Framing, Funding, and Follow-Through
Framing migration as an investment, not an expense. The four business case pillars: regulatory compliance (mandatory spending), risk reduction (quantified exposure), competitive positioning (demonstrable readiness), and operational improvement (cryptographic agility as permanent capability). Presentation techniques for executive audiences. Handling the timeline uncertainty objection: why regulatory deadlines create urgency independent of CRQC arrival. Handling the vendor dependency objection: why waiting for vendors is a risk, not a strategy. Building a phased funding request that gets initial approval and creates momentum.
Prerequisites
None.
Who this course is for
CISOs, security program managers, and anyone responsible for securing PQC migration funding. Also useful for CFOs, finance leaders, and budget committee members who want to understand what they are being asked to fund.
What you’ll be able to do afterward
- Estimate PQC migration program costs using documented scale benchmarks
- Frame multi-year funding in terms that work with annual budget cycles
- Use regulatory deadlines, insurance expectations, and contractual requirements as budget anchors
- Calculate the cost-of-delay: why each year of deferral increases total program cost
- Structure a PQC business case presentation for executive and board audiences
- Apply the included business case template to your organization
What you leave with
When you finish, we email you the course handbook, a PDF of every slide with notes that explain it in full. We also include a PDF copy of Quantum Ready. The handbook is yours to keep.
Enrollment includes 180 days of access to the online on-demand course. Where that course is not yet published, the 180 days start on the day it is.
Where this course fits
Nothing is required, and no technical background is assumed. If you will run the program you have just funded, take PQCM Manager Training. If the security case needs more depth, take Quantum Risk for CISOs.
Why we teach this
The material is based on Quantum Ready, the book on organizational readiness written by the course author. It also draws on faculty who have been the decision-makers in these discussions. We teach executives the questions that too often go unasked.
Certificate of Completion
Upon completion, you receive a Quantum Academy certificate of completion. It is separate from our professional certifications and states your CPE credits, one for each 60 minutes of teaching. CISSP, CISM and CGEIT holders can claim them with their certifying body. The credits also count toward renewing a Quantum Academy certification. Our CPE credits page explains how to claim them.
About this program
Quantum Academy credentials are private professional credentials issued by Quantum Academy, a trade name of Post-Quantum Institute. They are not government-issued licenses, accredited degrees, or academic credit, and earning one does not guarantee employment, promotion, regulatory approval, or any other specific outcome.
Quantum Academy programs are educational and informational only, and are not legal, compliance, or engineering advice.
