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PQC Sprint Planner

A guided project planner for mid-size security vendors who suddenly need PQC by 2027 and don't know which algorithms to support first or how to test them.

Target user

CTOs and heads of engineering at mid-size security vendors (20–500 employees) facing the 2027 ANSSI / CNSA 2.0 deadline with no internal PQC expertise

Features
  • 90/180/365-day roadmap templates keyed separately to ANSSI, CNSA 2.0, and NIST milestones
  • Algorithm selection quiz (ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA, hybrid-PQC) that recommends a stack based on your product type
  • Pre-built test-suite templates for common languages (Go, Rust, Java, C/C++) wired to NIST reference vectors
  • Monthly 'compliance progress' PDF generator you can forward to enterprise customers and procurement questions
Why now

The ANSSI announcement compresses vendor roadmaps in 2026 H2 — mid-size vendors are the most confused and the most likely to need a guided tool rather than a 200-page PDF.

Signals · overall 5/10
Demand
6/10

ANSSI's 2027 PQC-mandatory certification rule and CNSA 2.0 timeline are widely reported as a hard cliff for European/regulated security vendors, with mid-size teams least likely to have in-house PQC staff — but actual searches for guided tooling show mostly consultancies, not self-serve buyer intent yet.Hacker News thread index (search returned no live ANSSI/PQC items within tool budget)Google search results page for PQC migration tool 2027 ANSSI (blocked, no results captured)

Whitespace
5/10

Incumbents already occupy adjacent space — IBM Quantum Safe, SandboxAQ Crypto BOM, PQShield, ISARA, Crypto4A, plus big-consulting PQC practices — leaving a narrow differentiated slot for a French/EU-focused sprint planner aimed at 20–500-employee vendors.https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42103345

Monetization
5/10

PQC advisory work routinely bills €250–€450/hr and large vendors pay 6-figure sums for migration roadmaps, so willingness-to-pay is high at the top of the segment — but mid-size vendors historically under-invest in crypto tooling until forced, suggesting bumpy conversion without a compliance-triggered wedge.Google search results page for PQC migration tool 2027 ANSSI (blocked)

Longevity
5/10

Urgent 2026–2027 demand window is real, with CNSA 2.0 extending relevance to ~2031–2033; after NIST PQC standards stabilize and big-cloud offerings bundle migration, a standalone planner risks being commoditized within ~4–6 years.

Feasibility
5/10

Building the web app is trivial, but encoding algorithm-selection rules, test vectors, ANSSI profile nuances and FIPS-203/204/205 interop checks demands scarce PQC expertise that is hard to hire or license cheaply — feasibility is gated by content/IP, not engineering.

France's Anssi Will Block PQC-Free Products from Certification Starting 2027 · 40 points · 7 commentsHacker News · 2026-07-21 (3d ago)