Post Quantum Cybersecurity Standards Act

The bill would amend the National Quantum Initiative Act and the Cyber Security Research and Development Act to advance the deployment of post-quantum cryptography standards across the U.S. economy. It directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to promote voluntary adoption of post-quantum cryptography, provide technical assistance to high-risk entities like critical infrastructure and digital infrastructure providers, and establish a grant program to support adoption and remediation of quantum-related vulnerabilities, subject to appropriations. It also updates the National Science Foundation’s cryptography research authority to explicitly include post-quantum…

AI summary · The lawmakers haven’t published an official summary of this bill yet, so 52 wrote this one from the bill’s text.