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Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration
Coverage from Cybersecurity Insiders, Daily Maverick, and others
Post-quantum cryptography migration prepares digital systems for a future in which sufficiently capable quantum computers could threaten widely used encryption and digital signatures.
The risk includes “store now, decrypt later” attacks, where encrypted information collected today may become readable later, making long-lived sensitive data an important concern. NIST’s post-quantum standards provide a basis for adoption, while organizations must inventory cryptography, prioritize critical systems, and build crypto-agility so algorithms can be changed without disrupting services. Google’s use of ML-KEM and its broader migration planning illustrate how the transition reaches products and infrastructure as well as standards and policy.
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Google and Alphabet executives warned on February 6 that adversaries are harvesting encrypted data globally, urging immediate post-quantum cryptography adoption to protect sensitive personal and financial data.
2/17/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Governments and tech firms coordinate to deploy quantum safe encryption by 2035 across major regions.
3/15/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Harvard Law School Bill of Health highlights governance as quantum medicine advances to protect patient data, ensure data sovereignty, and prevent inequitable access.
2/27/2026 • Personal Data & Identity • General
Tony Allen discusses postquantum cryptography implications for privacy preserving age verification during the Global Age Assurance Standards Summit 2026.
3/16/2026 • Personal Data & Identity • General
Canada's federal government mandates transition to post-quantum cryptography within a decade to protect personal data nationwide.
3/10/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Minnesota IT Services and the Minnesota Technology Advisory Council announce phased migration to post-quantum encryption to protect Minnesota state data now.
2/24/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Singapore cyber security leaders in a 2026 study warn that post-quantum readiness and automated certificate management protect personal data.
2/23/2026 • Other Privacy • General
Experts from Electron Networks and Quantum IQ describe post quantum cryptography readiness as regulatory deadlines approach in 2026.
2/12/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
KNZ Solutions describes in 2020s United States context how organizations must adopt post-quantum cryptography and crypto-agile, zero-trust architectures to protect long-lived sensitive data from harvest-now-decrypt-later threats.
2/5/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Experts warn quantum computing may decrypt public key encryption within minutes, threatening data security globally.
2/16/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
In February 2026, Google called on governments and industry worldwide to accelerate adoption of post-quantum cryptography to protect long-term confidentiality of encrypted digital data.
2/6/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Hybrid post-quantum TLS key exchange and ML-DSA integrity are recommended for Model Context Protocol deployments to reduce future quantum decryption risk.
7/5/2026 • Cybersecurity Tech (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Interesting
Technology firm 01Quantum describes how enterprises in regulated environments are adopting encrypted computation and orchestration platforms to secure sensitive AI workloads amid accelerating quantum-era cryptography risks.
2/9/2026 • Privacy Technology & AI • General
Google warned Q-Day could arrive by 2029, prompting post-quantum cryptography migration guidance for encryption and digital signatures in the United Kingdom and industry.
3/26/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Google cited a Q-Day estimate and urged post-quantum cryptography migration, including ML-DSA digital signature protection in Android 17, amid UK NCSC PQC guidance.
3/26/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Google set a 2029 deadline for post-quantum cryptography migration to protect encrypted authentication as quantum hardware advances.
3/26/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Google warns Q-Day could arrive by 2029 and urges post-quantum cryptography migration across encryption and authentication systems.
3/25/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Summit Law Group recommends quantum-resistant encryption migration as quantum computing advances could break RSA and ECC and affect breach-notification assumptions.
3/24/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Keeper Security rolls out post-quantum encryption across its platform now to strengthen privileged access management for MSPs and MSSPs.
2/26/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
CIQ completed FIPS-compliance engineering for NSS PQC and submitted modules to NIST MIP in 2025 while Enterprise Linux lacks FIPS-validated PQC for production.
2/10/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Microsoft, via the Quantum Safe Program, is accelerating post-quantum cryptography transition planning to 2029 based on harvest-now decrypt-later risk.
6/30/2026 • Cybersecurity Tech (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Google warned in 2029 that quantum computers could break current encryption, prompting banks and governments to plan post-quantum protections in the UK and US.
3/26/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Google plans to complete a post-quantum cryptography migration by 2029 to reduce future quantum decryption risks for sensitive data.
3/26/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Google announced a 2029 post-quantum cryptography target for Android, Chrome, and cloud services, emphasizing authentication and digital signatures to address store-now-decrypt-later risk.
3/25/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Google security leaders said Google will migrate encryption infrastructure to post-quantum cryptography by 2029, citing store-now-decrypt-later and digital-signature quantum risks.
3/25/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
NIST post-quantum cryptography standards and business cryptography migration guidance address future quantum decryption risk to personal data and breach-notification assumptions.
3/23/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
01 Quantum, with Carleton University and NC CIPSeR, will simulate multi-agent financial AI to quantify data leakage and membership inference risk and test fully homomorphic encryption.
7/28/2026 • Privacy Technology & AI • General
Researchers evaluate QEPA in 2025 in a controlled clinical setting using a wireless body area network with 1500 sensors across 200 virtual patients.
3/17/2026 • Privacy Technology & AI • General
The Trump administration issued June 22, 2026 executive orders requiring U.S. agencies to adopt quantum-resistant encryption by 2030 to 2031 to mitigate quantum decryption risk.
7/7/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Colt Technology Services and Ciena demonstrated quantum-safe encryption for 800Gb live data transmission over 6,900km between New York and London during a transatlantic trial.
6/16/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Qtonic Quantum Corp published a 2026 post-quantum cryptography report assessing harvest-now, decrypt-later privacy exposure risk for long-lived football medical, registration, and identity records.
6/11/2026 • Cybersecurity Tech (Privacy-Relevant) • General
NIST announces 2026 anniversary of the PQC standardisation project in the United States, detailing FIPS 203, 204, and 205.
2/22/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Microsoft announced an accelerated post-quantum cryptography timeline, targeting critical products and services by 2029 to reduce future quantum decryption risk.
6/30/2026 • Cybersecurity Tech (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Google plans a 2029 migration to post-quantum cryptography in response to quantum-signature and blockchain security risks, ahead of U.S. deadlines.
3/25/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
NIST finalized post-quantum cryptography standards in August 2024, prompting organizations to inventory crypto use and run measured hybrid pilots for long-lived sensitive data protection.
3/20/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Google advanced its post-quantum cryptography preparedness deadline to 2029, emphasizing risks of forged authentication and future decryption of stored encrypted messages.
4/9/2026 • Privacy Technology & AI • General
PQShield outlines how organizations should prepare today for future quantum computing threats to cryptographic security and long-term data confidentiality in global digital infrastructures.
1/1/1900 • Privacy Technology & AI • General
The White House issued June 22, 2026 executive orders directing CISA and NIST guidance and procurement changes for post-quantum cryptography migration through 2031.
7/1/2026 • Cybersecurity Tech (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Additional
Google security engineering forecasts Q-Day as early as 2029, accelerating post-quantum cryptography integration starting with Android 17 in June.
3/26/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Google announced Android 17 and Google Play updates for post-quantum cryptography, targeting a 2029 migration timeline to address store-now-decrypt-later risk.
3/26/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General
Bain & Company and IBM Consulting announced a post-quantum cryptography readiness program to help enterprises assess and remediate encryption risks tied to advancing quantum computing.
3/23/2026 • Cybersecurity (Privacy-Relevant) • General