[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":91},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-\u002Fnews\u002Fiso-iec-sc27-standing-document-pqc":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\u002Fiso-iec-sc27-standing-document-pqc.md","ISO\u002FIEC JTC1 SC27 Maintains a Standing Document on Post-Quantum Cryptography","ArcQubit Team","",null,{"type":10,"value":11,"toc":39},"minimark",[12,17,24,27,30,33],[13,14,16],"h2",{"id":15},"isoiec-jtc1-sc27-maintains-a-standing-document-on-post-quantum-cryptography","ISO\u002FIEC JTC1 SC27 maintains a standing document on post-quantum cryptography",[18,19,20],"p",{},[21,22,23],"strong",{},"1 JANUARY 2025, GENEVA",[18,25,26],{},"ISO\u002FIEC JTC1 SC27, the subcommittee responsible for information security standards, maintains a standing document on post-quantum cryptography. The document serves as a working reference for the subcommittee's members rather than a published international standard. It informs the subcommittee's ongoing work instead of imposing requirements on organizations.",[18,28,29],{},"A working reference plays a coordinating role. It captures the subcommittee's current understanding of post-quantum cryptography and keeps its members aligned as formal standards develop. For outside observers, watching the standing document offers early insight into the direction ISO\u002FIEC standards may take before those standards reach final form.",[18,31,32],{},"The distinction from a published standard is important. Organizations certify against the published ISO\u002FIEC standards, not against an internal working reference, so the standing document carries no compliance obligation. Its value is as a signal of where international standardization on post-quantum cryptography is heading, which helps organizations anticipate future standards.",[18,34,35,38],{},[21,36,37],{},"Why it matters."," The SC27 standing document is a window into how international information-security standards will treat post-quantum cryptography, maintained by the body that writes them. It binds no one, but it signals direction. Organizations that track ISO\u002FIEC standards can watch the standing document to anticipate the post-quantum requirements that future published standards are likely to carry.",{"title":7,"searchDepth":40,"depth":40,"links":41},2,[42],{"id":15,"depth":40,"text":16},"Policy","2025-01-01","ISO\u002FIEC JTC1 SC27 maintains a standing document on post-quantum cryptography as a working reference for its members, rather than a published standard.",false,"md",[49,52,55],{"q":50,"a":51},"What is the SC27 standing document?","ISO\u002FIEC JTC1 SC27, the subcommittee responsible for information security standards, maintains a standing document on post-quantum cryptography. It is a working reference for the subcommittee's members, not a published international standard, so it informs ongoing standards work rather than imposing requirements.",{"q":53,"a":54},"Why does a working reference matter?","A standing document captures the subcommittee's current understanding and coordinates its members as formal standards develop. Watching it offers insight into the direction ISO\u002FIEC standards on post-quantum cryptography may take before those standards are finalised.",{"q":56,"a":57},"Is the standing document a standard?","No. It is a working reference internal to the subcommittee, distinct from the published ISO\u002FIEC standards that organizations certify against. 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