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Google Warns Quantum Threats Are Imminent, Urges Rapid Encryption Overhaul
Google calls for urgent government mandates on quantum-resistant encryption, citing accelerating quantum threats and urging completion of migrations within 12-24 months.
- Today, Kent Walker, President of Global Affairs at Google and Alphabet, published a policy brief warning attackers are hoarding encrypted data now to decrypt later and urging governments to mandate post-quantum cryptography .
- With quantum hardware advancing faster than predicted, the National Institute of Standards and Technology finalized the first quantum-resistant encryption algorithms in 2024, shifting post-quantum cryptography from research to policy priority.
- Technically, Google is deploying NIST-aligned ML-KEM across its infrastructure and Chrome, having prepared since 2016 and targeting production PQC migration completion in 2026.
- Enterprises, governments and security architects have roughly 12-24 months to deploy PQC, with critical systems needing migration within 18 months and banks and healthcare facing regulator and audit pressure.
- Re-Architecting core systems will mean updating certificate chains, key management systems, and authentication protocols, raising costs for non-cloud infrastructure while boosting demand for Fortanix, Zymbit, and major cloud providers.
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