United States of America: Passed in US Senate Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act

On 8 December 2022, the US Senate passed the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Bill. The Bill would regulate the migration of executive agencies’ information technology systems to post-quantum cryptography. The Bill seeks to mitigate attacks that aim to steal sensitive encrypted data by quantum computers developed in the future. Furthermore, the Bill would require the National Institutes of Standards and Technology to issue post-quantum cryptography standards that the Office of Management and Budget will follow in the transition of US agency information technology systems to post-quantum cryptography. The amended version of the Bill specifies that it will not apply to any national security system.