Crypto-agility, not faith in any single algorithm, is what keeps post-quantum security standing when a scheme falls.
The withdrawal of HAWK-256 from NIST's additional signature process on 29 July 2026, a day after an AI model found a previously unknown attack, shows post-quantum security rests on crypto-agility rather than faith in any single scheme. We explain what that means for audit records that must stay verifiable for decades.
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