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Insights from our audit practice, software releases, and applied cryptography research. Updated whenever we publish.

2026.05.08 · Software

hpke-ng: Faster, Smaller, Harder HPKE for Rust

Across 62 head-to-head benchmarks against hpke-rs, hpke-ng wins 27 — including ML-KEM decap at 54–55% faster and the entire post-quantum encap/decap path with no PQ losses — ties 32, ships a 30% smaller binary, and a type system that catches four classes of bug at compile time.

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2026.05.06 · Research

Announcing the Post-Quantum Migration Playbook

A 52-page practitioner guide for engineers and architects working on post-quantum migration, alongside an interactive scorecard and TLS scanner at pq-migration.symbolic.software.

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2026.04.13 · Research

Hybrid Constructions Are a Safety Blanket, and That's Fine

Why Symbolic Software agrees with Soatok's position on hybrid post-quantum constructions: hybrids are compelling for KEMs, far less necessary for signatures, and the real risk is migration friction.

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2026.04.02 · Research

Recommending Post-Quantum Native Design Under Epistemic Duress

Symbolic Software is recommending post-quantum native design for all new cryptographic systems. This post examines the evidence behind that recommendation, its limitations, and the epistemic questions the industry should be confronting.

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