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

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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 atta…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cybersecurity regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2022-04-18
under deliberation

On 18 April 2022, the Bill on Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness was introduced in the Un…

2022-12-08
under deliberation

On 8 December 2022, the US Senate passed the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Bill. The…

2022-12-13
adopted

On 13 December 2022, the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act was adopted by the House …

2022-12-21
in force

On 21 December 2022, the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act was signed into law and b…