Why Your Supply Chain is the Next Encryption Battleground

March 4, 2026

For years, we’ve heard that quantum computing is always “five to ten years away,” but as apexanalytics’ Akhilesh Agarwal joins us today, it’s clear that the “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later” threat has turned that timeline into an immediate boardroom crisis. apexanalytics is currently protecting over $10 trillion in annual spend for the world’s largest enterprises, and Akhilesh makes a compelling case that your security is only as strong as your weakest supplier’s cryptographic resilience. We’re moving from a spectrum of fear into a spectrum of data-driven understanding, because if your business partners aren’t preparing for the post-quantum era today, they are effectively serving as a wide-open back door for nation-state adversaries.

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