Microsoft, Google, and Cloudflare advance quantum-safe cryptography deadlines to 2029 amid growing security threats

Adrian Bridgwater

1d ago· 7 min readenNews

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Summary

Major technology vendors including Microsoft, Google, and Cloudflare have moved their quantum-safe cryptography deadlines forward to 2029, ahead of previous government-mandated 2030 timelines. The urgency is driven by "harvest now, decrypt later" attacks, where adversaries collect encrypted data today with the intent to decrypt it once quantum computers become viable. This shift signals growing industry consensus that quantum computing threats will materialize sooner than anticipated, requiring accelerated adoption of post-quantum cryptographic standards to protect sensitive data.

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The inevitable path to access to quantum computing brings an equal and opposite responsibility to address post-quantum cryptography.

Technology vendors, including Microsoft, Google and Cloudflare, have publicly stated that they will bring their quantum-safe deadline date forward to 2029.

Government directives from nations including the United States and France have previously set an end-of-decade timeline, stipulating that public sector bodies and 'critical operators' should procure and deploy exclusively quantum-safe technologies by 2030.

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Microsoft, Google and Cloudflare move quantum-safe deadlines to 2029, warning "harvest now, decrypt later" attacks make post-quantum cryptography urgent.

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