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White House Accelerates Quantum Computing Strategy With New Cybersecurity Mandates<\/a><\/p>\n

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\t\tThis week, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders that called for the acceleration of the United States\u2019 quantum ecosystem.
\nThis included the \u201cUshering in The Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation,\u201d which will include a \u201cnational effort\u201d to further the development of the technology, and the \u201cSecuring the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks.\u201d The latter order tasked multiple federal agencies, including the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Department of Commerce (DoC), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the National Security Agency (NSA), with upgrading the federal cryptography to a quantum-resilient standard.
\nThe Quantum Frontier
\nThe first executive order stated that the United States is now on the cusp of the quantum revolution, and called for greater innovation to ensure America reaches it first.
\n\u201cQuantum information science and technology (QIST) will provide transformational capabilities that will drive American innovation, power economic growth, generate high-paying jobs, and bolster national security,\u201d the order read.
\nIt further stated that in addition to the research to develop a quantum computer, the United States must act to solidify its position as the world\u2019s \u201cQIST superpower,\u201d and to deliver the commercial and research benefits to the American people.
\n\u201cEqually important, we must protect sensitive technologies and work with allies to ensure adversaries cannot use QIST to undermine national security,\u201d the executive order added.
\nAmong the directives, the order called for expanding and retaining the quantum workforce, and within 90 days ordered the director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) \u2013 in n consultation with the APST and the Director of OMB and in coordination with the Secretary of War, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Energy, the DNI, and the Director of NSF \u2013 to develop a government-wide QIST recruitment and retention strategy. That could include \u201cspecial pay rates\u201d and raise the recruitment and retention incentive limits.
\nWithin 120 days, the Secretary of Labor is to prioritize QIST-relevant industry needs by directing workforce training, and the Secretary of Labor and Director of NSF are to develop an approach to track labor statistics for assessing the needs of the nation\u2019s quantum ecosystem.
\nSecuring the Nation From Cryptographic Attacks
\nThe second order seeks to put the guardrails in place to secure the United States from the threat of cryptographic attacks that could be unleashed in the post-quantum era.
\n\u201cOngoing cyber activity against our Nation also presents the risk of adversaries collecting United States information now, and decrypting it later once large-scale quantum computers are operational,\u201d the order explained. \u201cIn light of these threats, the United States must take steps to strengthen cryptographic protections for the Nation\u2019s sensitive data, critical infrastructure, and digital economy.\u201d
\nIt also directed agency heads to identify post-quantum cryptography (PQC), the cryptographic algorithms or methods that are designed to be resistant to attack by both a quantum computer and a classical computer, mitigation leads, and to provide those details to the o the Director of OMB and the National Cyber Director.
\n\u201cThese executive orders fundamentally shift the post-quantum cryptography, or PQC, timeline from a compliance framework to an active operational mandate, forcing enterprise technology leaders to audit their digital supply chains immediately,\u201d said John Carberry, solution sleuth at cybersecurity provider Xcape, Inc.
\n\u201cWhile a fault-tolerant quantum platform by 2028 serves as an aggressive target, the true tactical urgency lies in the federal encryption migration deadlines of 2030 and 2031,\u201d Carberry told ClearanceJobs via email.
\nAddressing Tomorrow\u2019s Threat Today
\nCybersecurity experts have long called for the United States to focus on the threat of quantum before the technology is introduced, arguing that it would be too late to do so later. These executive orders are an indication that the threat is being taken seriously and not passed down the road.
\n\u201cWe tend to think of quantum-enabled decryption as a cybersecurity problem for the future, but as the recent Executive Order makes clear, adversaries can collect data now, and then decrypt it later as quantum computing capabilities develop. That means our sensitive data is at risk today,\u201d explained Doc McConnell, head of policy and compliance at cybersecurity provider Finite State.
\nMcConnell told ClearanceJobs that the executive order on Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks will require federal agencies to transition their most sensitive systems to use quantum-resistant cryptography by the end of 2031, and for CISA to work with critical infrastructure owners to develop transition plans.
\n\u201cWe will likely see two limiting factors in meeting these deadlines: availability and transparency,\u201d McConnell continued. \u201cFirst, manufacturers and suppliers need to make these \u2018post-quantum\u2019 solutions available for purchase. Second, they\u2019ll need to be explicit about what algorithms they use, and how they\u2019re implemented.\u201d
\nAmbitious Not Impossible
\nThe timelines provided in the two executive orders require a rather immediate response, one that could be complicated by their involving multiple agencies that tend to move at their own respective pace.
\n\u201cMeeting these milestones represents an ambitious engineering challenge, requiring organizations to develop entirely new capabilities where technological gaps exist or significantly mature existing tools to make them commercially viable,\u201d Carberry added. \u201cSecurity leaders must look past the theoretical long-term risk of a mature quantum computer and actively address the immediate threat of intercept, store, and later decrypt operations carried out by advanced adversaries on the Internet today.\u201d
\nHowever, security executives across the tech sector should prioritize implementing automated asset discovery to establish a comprehensive cryptographic bill of materials, or CBOM, while demanding clear, quantum-resistant roadmaps from all critical infrastructure and cloud service providers, Carberry also suggested.
\nMoreover, enterprise technology leaders will need to implement automated asset discovery immediately to map high-value data assets and establish a clear cryptographic bill of materials.
\n\u201cThe federal deadlines of 2030 and 2031 compress legacy migration timelines, turning post-quantum cryptography into an immediate operational requirement rather than a distant policy objective,\u201d said Carberry. \u201cOrganizations must address current intercept and store threats by demanding native quantum-resistant capabilities from all critical infrastructure and cloud providers.\u201d
\nNone of this is impossible, but hurdles remain, not the least of which is explaining this technology and its sudden importance to those who often only look at the bottom line.
\nAs Carberry told ClearanceJobs, \u201cGood luck explaining to your board why a standard infrastructure upgrade now requires a fundamental breakthrough in subatomic physics.\u201d
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