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Google just set a 2029 deadline to migrate to quantum-safe encryption, years ahead of government targets, citing the risk that encrypted data is already being collected for future decryption
Google published a blog post last week announcing a 2029 internal deadline to finish migrating all their systems to post-quantum cryptography. This is significantly ahead of the NSA's 2033 target and NIST's 2035 benchmark.
The key driver is a concept called "store now, decrypt later" where adversaries record encrypted traffic today with the expectation that future quantum computers will be able to crack it. Google's own researchers published findings last year showing that breaking RSA-2048 encryption would require roughly one million qubits, down from a previous estimate of 20 million. That compression in the threshold is a major factor in the accelerated timeline.
NIST finalized three post-quantum cryptographic standards in August 2024 (ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA). Google is already integrating quantum-resistant digital signatures into Android 17 and has rolled out post-quantum support in Chrome and Cloud.
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Google published a blog post last week announcing a 2029 internal deadline to finish migrating all their systems to post-quantum cryptography. This is significantly ahead of the NSA's 2033 target and NIST's 2035 benchmark.
The key driver is a concept called "store now, decrypt later" where adversaries record encrypted traffic today with the expectation that future quantum computers will be able to crack it. Google's own researchers published findings last year showing that breaking RSA-2048 encryption would require roughly one million qubits, down from a previous estimate of 20 million. That compression in the threshold is a major factor in the accelerated timeline.
NIST finalized three post-quantum cryptographic standards in August 2024 (ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA). Google is already integrating quantum-resistant digital signatures into Android 17 and has rolled out post-quantum support in Chrome and Cloud.
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