[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":91},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-\u002Fnews\u002Fdutch-aivd-cwi-tno-migration-handbook":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\u002Fdutch-aivd-cwi-tno-migration-handbook.md","Dutch AIVD, CWI and TNO Publish a Post-Quantum Migration Handbook and Free Tool","ArcQubit Team","",null,{"type":10,"value":11,"toc":39},"minimark",[12,17,24,27,30,33],[13,14,16],"h2",{"id":15},"dutch-aivd-cwi-and-tno-publish-a-post-quantum-migration-handbook","Dutch AIVD, CWI and TNO publish a post-quantum migration handbook",[18,19,20],"p",{},[21,22,23],"strong",{},"3 DECEMBER 2024, THE HAGUE",[18,25,26],{},"The Dutch intelligence service AIVD, the national research institute CWI and the applied-research organization TNO published a post-quantum migration handbook on 3 December 2024. The handbook sets out a three-step approach and comes with a free tool called PQChoiceAssistant. Together they give organizations a practical, vendor-neutral starting point rather than abstract advice.",[18,28,29],{},"PQChoiceAssistant lowers the barrier to entry. The tool helps an organization choose appropriate post-quantum options for its situation, which matters for teams that lack deep in-house cryptographic expertise. By pairing the handbook's method with a tool that applies it, the three organizations made the first steps of migration accessible to a wider range of organizations.",[18,31,32],{},"The handbook carries added weight because of who wrote it. The AIVD has said that Q-Day, the point at which a quantum computer can break current cryptography, could arrive by 2030. An intelligence service making that estimate gives the handbook's call to start now a sharper edge than a purely technical publication would carry.",[18,34,35,38],{},[21,36,37],{},"Why it matters."," The handbook turns the Netherlands' post-quantum thinking into usable guidance, and the free PQChoiceAssistant tool means organizations can act on it without buying anything first. The AIVD's view that Q-Day could come by 2030 frames the timeline: planning that starts now has a realistic chance of finishing in time, while delay narrows the window. The three-step approach gives teams a concrete place to begin.",{"title":7,"searchDepth":40,"depth":40,"links":41},2,[42],{"id":15,"depth":40,"text":16},"Policy","2024-12-03","The Dutch AIVD, CWI and TNO published a post-quantum migration handbook in December 2024, with a three-step approach and a free PQChoiceAssistant tool.",false,"md",[49,52,55],{"q":50,"a":51},"What does the handbook provide?","The handbook sets out a three-step migration approach and comes with a free tool called PQChoiceAssistant. Together they give organizations a practical, vendor-neutral starting point for planning a post-quantum migration rather than abstract guidance.",{"q":53,"a":54},"What is PQChoiceAssistant?","PQChoiceAssistant is a free tool published alongside the handbook. It helps organizations choose appropriate post-quantum options for their situation, lowering the barrier for teams that lack deep in-house cryptographic expertise to begin planning.",{"q":56,"a":57},"What is the AIVD's view on Q-Day?","The AIVD has said Q-Day, the point at which a quantum computer can break current cryptography, could arrive by 2030. That estimate underlines why the handbook urges organizations to begin migration planning now rather than waiting.",[59],"the-hague","\u002Fassets\u002Fog-default.png",[62,63],"Government Facilities","Cross-Sector",{},"2026-08-25",true,"\u002Fnews\u002Fdutch-aivd-cwi-tno-migration-handbook",[69],{"label":70,"url":71},"AIVD, CWI and TNO, \"The PQC Migration Handbook,\" 2nd ed., Dec. 3, 2024.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.aivd.nl\u002Fdocumenten\u002Fpublicaties\u002F2024\u002F12\u002F03\u002Fthe-pqc-migration-handbook",[73,76],{"label":74,"url":75},"France's ANSSI Sets a Phased Hybrid Path to Post-Quantum Cryptography","\u002Fnews\u002Ffrance-anssi-phased-hybrid-path",{"label":77,"url":78},"NIST 2021 Paper Warns Post-Quantum Migration Is Hard and Slow","\u002Fnews\u002Fnist-2021-paper-migration-is-hard-and-slow",{"title":5,"description":45},"Dutch AIVD, CWI and TNO Publish PQC Handbook","dutch-aivd-cwi-tno-migration-handbook","news\u002Fdutch-aivd-cwi-tno-migration-handbook",[84,85,86,87,88],"PQC migration","cryptographic discovery","quantum readiness","crypto-agility","for enterprises","The Dutch AIVD, CWI and TNO published a post-quantum migration handbook in December 2024 with a three-step approach and a free PQChoiceAssistant tool.","sEerJ5SSRsasFa4orUV2aFQhBguc4I8XpONLl1-XO1k",1792182886913]