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EU PQC Timeline

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Brief Summary

The NIS Cooperation group, PQC Workstream have published the following timeline:

First Steps by 31.12.2026

Initiate transition planning and pilots for high and medium risk use cases. All member states to establish a transition roadmap.

  1. Identify and involve stakeholders.
  2. Support mature cryptographic asset management.
  3. Create dependency maps.
  4. Perform quantum risk analysis.
  5. Include the supply chain.
  6. Create a national awareness and communication program.
  7. Share knowledge and get involved with the NIS CG work stream on PQC.
  8. Develop a timeline and an implementation plan.

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Next Steps by 31.12.2030

PQC Transition for high risk use cases has been completed and transition planning and pilots for medium risk use cases should be completed and Quantum safe software and firmware upgrades are enabled by default.

NIST's Roadmap

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Detail:

NSM-10 mandates a target date of not after 2035.

Any digital system that uses existing public standards for public‑key cryptography, or that is planning to transition to such cryptography, could be vulnerable to an attack by a Cryptographically Relevant Quantum Computer (CRQC). To mitigate this risk, the United States must prioritize the timely and equitable transition of cryptographic systems to quantum-resistant cryptography, with the goal of mitigating as much of the quantum risk as is feasible by 2035.

National Cyber Security Centre

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Brief Summary

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) of the United Kingdom makes the following timelines for mitigation known:

Year Description
2028 Complete discovery, make initial plans, communicate with suppliers.
2031 Complete higest priorty migrations, ready infrastructure, clear path to 2035
2035 Complete your migration

They expect large organisations to take two to three years to carry out discovery, define a migration strategy and to finally develop an initial migration plan with the expectation that it will take another two to three years to “carry out early migration activities” and to refine the plan.