Why Federal IT Leaders Must Act Now To Deliver NIST's Post-Quantum Cryptography Transition
Cyberscoop, Monday, September 22nd, 2025
The NIST standards show that with one year of progress behind us, there are five years of opportunity ahead.
In August 2024, the National Institute of Standards and Technology published its first set of post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards, the culmination of over seven years of cryptographic scrutiny, review and competition.
As the standards were announced, the implications for cybersecurity leaders were clear: The U.S. government must re-secure its entire digital infrastructure - from battlefield systems to tax records - against adversaries preparing to use quantum computers to break our encryption.