[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":91},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-\u002Fnews\u002Fbrazil-adds-pqc-to-icp-brasil-certificates":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"authorTitle":7,"authorUrl":8,"body":9,"canonical":8,"category":43,"date":44,"description":45,"draft":46,"extension":47,"faqs":48,"findingsSource":8,"geo":58,"image":60,"industries":61,"keyFindings":8,"meta":64,"modified":65,"navigation":66,"path":67,"pullquote":8,"recommendations":8,"references":68,"related":72,"seo":79,"seoTitle":80,"signposts":8,"slug":81,"stats":8,"stem":82,"tags":83,"tldr":89,"__hash__":90},"news\u002Fnews\u002Fbrazil-adds-pqc-to-icp-brasil-certificates.md","Brazil Adds Post-Quantum Algorithms to Its National Certificate System","ArcQubit Team","",null,{"type":10,"value":11,"toc":39},"minimark",[12,17,24,27,30,33],[13,14,16],"h2",{"id":15},"brazil-adds-post-quantum-algorithms-to-its-national-certificate-system","Brazil adds post-quantum algorithms to its national certificate system",[18,19,20],"p",{},[21,22,23],"strong",{},"3 FEBRUARY 2026, BRASILIA",[18,25,26],{},"Brazil added post-quantum algorithms to its national certificate system, ICP-Brasil, through Normative Instruction 35, dated 30 January 2026 and published on 3 February 2026. The instruction brings ML-DSA and ML-KEM into the system, and GOV.BR targeted its first advanced signatures using them in the first half of 2026. The change moves Brazil from discussing post-quantum cryptography to embedding it in national infrastructure.",[18,28,29],{},"The step carries legal force. Adding the algorithms to ICP-Brasil makes them part of a binding national standard rather than voluntary guidance. Because ICP-Brasil underpins digital signatures and certificates across Brazilian government and commerce, the change reaches a broad base of users who rely on the system for trusted digital identity.",[18,31,32],{},"Certificate systems are a natural place to add post-quantum support. ICP-Brasil anchors digital identity and signatures, so enabling it to issue quantum-resistant certificates protects the signatures and identities that depend on it. By making the algorithms available in the national system, Brazil gives its public and private sectors a sanctioned path to quantum-resistant certificates.",[18,34,35,38],{},[21,36,37],{},"Why it matters."," Brazil has made post-quantum algorithms part of a binding national certificate standard, one of the more concrete regulatory steps in the region. Because ICP-Brasil underpins trusted digital identity across the country, the change gives organizations a sanctioned route to quantum-resistant signatures. Entities that rely on ICP-Brasil certificates can plan to adopt the new algorithms as the system and GOV.BR roll them out.",{"title":7,"searchDepth":40,"depth":40,"links":41},2,[42],{"id":15,"depth":40,"text":16},"Policy","2026-02-03","Brazil added post-quantum algorithms ML-DSA and ML-KEM to its national ICP-Brasil certificate system in early 2026, as a binding national standard.",false,"md",[49,52,55],{"q":50,"a":51},"What did Brazil add to ICP-Brasil?","Through Normative Instruction 35, dated 30 January 2026 and published on 3 February 2026, Brazil added the post-quantum algorithms ML-DSA and ML-KEM to its national certificate system, ICP-Brasil. GOV.BR targeted its first advanced signatures using them in the first half of 2026.",{"q":53,"a":54},"Is this a binding standard?","Yes. Adding the algorithms to ICP-Brasil makes them part of a binding national standard, not voluntary guidance. ICP-Brasil underpins digital signatures and certificates across Brazilian government and commerce, so the change carries legal weight.",{"q":56,"a":57},"Why does adding PQC to a certificate system matter?","Certificate systems like ICP-Brasil anchor digital identity and signatures. Adding post-quantum algorithms lets the system issue quantum-resistant certificates, which is a concrete step toward protecting the signatures and identities that depend on it against future quantum attack.",[59],"brasilia","\u002Fassets\u002Fog-default.png",[62,63],"Government Facilities","Information Technology",{},"2026-09-17",true,"\u002Fnews\u002Fbrazil-adds-pqc-to-icp-brasil-certificates",[69],{"label":70,"url":71},"Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia da Informação (ITI), \"Normative Instruction 35 on post-quantum algorithms in ICP-Brasil,\" dated Jan. 30, 2026, published Feb. 3, 2026.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gov.br\u002Fiti\u002F",[73,76],{"label":74,"url":75},"NIST Approves First Three Post-Quantum Standards","\u002Fnews\u002Fnist-approves-first-three-post-quantum-standards",{"label":77,"url":78},"Colombia's Supervisor Flags Quantum Among Emerging Risks","\u002Fnews\u002Fcolombia-supervisor-flags-quantum-risk",{"title":5,"description":45},"Brazil Adds PQC to Its ICP-Brasil Certificate System","brazil-adds-pqc-to-icp-brasil-certificates","news\u002Fbrazil-adds-pqc-to-icp-brasil-certificates",[84,85,86,87,88],"post-quantum cryptography","federal compliance","PQC migration","quantum readiness","for government","Brazil added post-quantum algorithms ML-DSA and ML-KEM to its national ICP-Brasil certificate system in early 2026, making it a binding national standard.","RjZAAGvycGrsp137v35MV_4XNrmXV8gMy15_dSEUPMQ",1792182885921]