Marin IvezicGoogle set a hard 2029 target for PQC migration — a year ahead of NIST deprecation, while simultaneously targeting a million-qubit machine on the same timeline.
Buried in the post: they "adjusted" their threat model to prioritize signatures over key exchange. Something I argued for since 2018.
Full write up: https://postquantum.com/security-pqc/google-pqc-migration-2029/
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Google Just Drew a Line in the Sand: PQC Migration by 2029
25 Mar 2026 - The company building the quantum computer is telling you the clock is running out. That should get your attention. On March 25, 2026, Google published a brief but consequential blog post authored by Heather Adkins, VP of Security Engineering, and Sophie Schmieg, Senior Staff Cryptography Engineer. Buried beneath a deliberately understated title - 'Quantum frontiers may be closer than they appear' - was a commitment that should ripple across every CISO's desk and every board risk committee on the planet: Google is targeting 2029 to complete its migration to post-quantum cryptography. Not 2035, the outer bound