QNSI

Government · Agency CIO · Identity Programme · PKI Authority

Pilot a dual-stack post-quantum PIV migration

How can new credentials and services be tested without locking out users or breaking relying applications?

Operational pain

PIV authentication, signing, encryption, middleware, readers, and relying systems evolve on different procurement and accreditation schedules.

Trigger

PIV refresh planning, new federal guidance, or a major identity-platform replacement.

QNSI contribution

Connect the decision to a controlled security path

Use QNSI inventory and policy to identify credential use, relying-party compatibility, algorithm cohorts, and exception lifetimes.

Decision artifact

A PIV dual-stack pilot plan with relying-party matrix, test identities, rollback, and retirement gates.

What still requires validation

The agency and accredited assessors approve profile conformance, issuance, middleware, accessibility, and authorization impacts.

External problem context

Primary sources

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Evidence boundary

What this page does—and does not—prove

This is a product evaluation pattern, not a customer case study, certification, legal opinion, regulator endorsement, or claim that a production deployment completed the described work.