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The White House's post-quantum executive order is an important milestone. It’s time to get to work
<p>On June 22, 2026, President Trump signed <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/securing-the-nation-against-advanced-cryptographic-attacks/">Executive Order 14412</a>, "Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks." The order sets a December 31, 2030, deadline for federal agencies to transition their most sensitive systems to <i>post-quantum encryption</i
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Indicators of compromise
- b3633cb8438622a4af0bba1ad63c799dmd5
- 1f93784f4c98df9a108b5c8d1803218bmd5
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/securing-the-nation-against-advanced-cryptographic-attacks/url
- https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/post-quantum-cryptographyurl
- https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/189/finalurl
- https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/fy2008/m08-23.pdfurl
- https://research.google/blog/safeguarding-cryptocurrency-by-disclosing-quantum-vulnerabilities-responsibly/url
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.28627url
- https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ir/2024/NIST.IR.8547.ipd.pdfurl
- https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/fips/199/finalurl
- https://media.defense.gov/2025/May/30/2003728741/-1/-1/0/CSA_CNSA_2.0_ALGORITHMS.PDFurl
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/ushering-in-the-next-frontier-of-quantum-innovation/url
- https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/fips/204/finalurl
- https://letsencrypt.org/2026/06/03/pq-certsurl
- https://www.acquisition.gov/far-council-membersurl
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/5195curl
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.22442url
- https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-131Ar2.pdfurl
- https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/cryptographic-standards-and-guidelines/archived-crypto-projects/aes-developmenturl
- https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/hash-functions/sha-3-projecturl
- https://www.nist.gov/url
- https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/cryptographic-module-validation-programurl
Original source: https://blog.cloudflare.com/post-quantum-eo-2026/