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Training Camp • Cybersecurity Glossary
Crypto-agility is the ability to swap cryptographic algorithms and key sizes quickly, a key enabler of post-quantum migration readiness.
Crypto-Agility Definition: Crypto-agility is the ability to swap cryptographic algorithms and key sizes quickly, a key enabler of post-quantum migration readiness.
Crypto-agility is the capability of an information system to swap cryptographic algorithms, key sizes, and protocols quickly without major redesign. It is a central design goal of post-quantum migration, allowing organizations to replace algorithms such as RSA and ECC with quantum-resistant standards like ML-KEM and ML-DSA as threats evolve. Achieving it requires abstracting cryptographic functions, maintaining algorithm inventories, and avoiding hard-coded primitives.
Crypto-Agility is one of the topics you'll master in the Security+ Boot Camp.
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