CISA publishes a post-quantum shopping list for agencies. Security professionals aren’t sold

CISA publishes a post-quantum shopping list for agencies. Security professionals aren’t sold

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is hoping to guide federal agencies through the murky process of updating their technology stack with quantum-resistant encryption. On Jan. 23, the agency released a list of different IT software and hardware products that are commonly purchased by the federal government and use cryptographic algorithms for encryption or authentication. The guidance covers cloud services like Platform-as-a-Ser…

CISA releases technology readiness list for post-quantum cryptography

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a new advisory mapping post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards to common enterprise hardware and software categories, giving CIOs and security teams an early reference for evaluating quantum-safe technology readiness.Issued in response to a June 6, 2025 executive order on strengthening federal cybersecurity, the advisory identifies classes of IT products that already u…