Signal EU 2026, NSA January 2027 and Google 2029 set the migration deadlines

Summary

The report lists the deadlines that now anchor the move to quantum-safe encryption. The European Union named 2026 as the year public systems must start their quantum-safe migration. The US National Security Agency required quantum-safe algorithms in all new national security systems by January 2027. SWIFT, which carries financial messages among more than 11,000 institutions in 200 countries, is actively planning its post-quantum migration. Google has committed to finishing its own transition by 2029. These timelines followed the finalization of lattice-based standards in 2024, and the outlook recommends that policy-makers mandate such schedules to coordinate public and private infrastructure.