GAO: None of 24 US agencies fully prepared for post-quantum cryptography migration
- —Only one of 24 agencies fully inventoried systems vulnerable to quantum decryption
- —18 agencies reported a shortage of cryptographers; only six began staff training
- —Migration of critical systems in 2025–2035 is estimated at $7.1 billion
- —No agency tested new algorithms; 16 deemed tests premature
Why it matters: The harvest-now-decrypt-later scenario makes slow migration a present-day risk for data and crypto assets.
Source: ForkLog