[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":91},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-\u002Fnews\u002Fsingapore-mas-advisory-inventory-and-plan":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\u002Fsingapore-mas-advisory-inventory-and-plan.md","Singapore MAS Advisory Tells Financial Firms to Inventory and Plan for Post-Quantum","ArcQubit Team","",null,{"type":10,"value":11,"toc":39},"minimark",[12,17,24,27,30,33],[13,14,16],"h2",{"id":15},"singapore-mas-advisory-tells-firms-to-inventory-and-plan","Singapore MAS advisory tells firms to inventory and plan",[18,19,20],"p",{},[21,22,23],"strong",{},"20 FEBRUARY 2024, SINGAPORE",[18,25,26],{},"The Monetary Authority of Singapore issued an advisory, MAS\u002FTCRS\u002F2024\u002F01, on 20 February 2024. It tells financial firms to inventory their cryptography and plan for post-quantum migration. The advisory sets the foundational steps, knowing what cryptography a firm has and planning the transition, as supervisory expectations rather than binding rules at this stage.",[18,28,29],{},"The document is an advisory, not a rule, but the MAS signalled that supervisory expectations would follow later in 2026. Firms should therefore treat the advisory as the first step toward firmer requirements rather than optional reading. Starting the inventory and plan now positions a firm to meet the expectations when they arrive.",[18,31,32],{},"Singapore's status as a major global financial centre gives the advisory reach beyond its borders. Expectations the MAS sets influence how internationally active firms manage quantum risk, because those firms often align their global practices with the standards of the key markets they operate in. An early advisory from such a regulator signals where sector expectations are heading.",[18,34,35,38],{},[21,36,37],{},"Why it matters."," The MAS advisory gives financial firms a clear starting instruction, inventory and plan, and flags that supervisory expectations will follow in 2026. Because Singapore is a leading financial hub, the advisory's influence extends to internationally active firms. Those that complete a cryptographic inventory and build a migration plan now will be ready when the MAS turns its advisory into firmer supervisory expectations.",{"title":7,"searchDepth":40,"depth":40,"links":41},2,[42],{"id":15,"depth":40,"text":16},"Policy","2024-02-20","The Monetary Authority of Singapore issued a February 2024 advisory telling financial firms to inventory cryptography and plan for post-quantum migration.",false,"md",[49,52,55],{"q":50,"a":51},"What does the MAS advisory ask firms to do?","The advisory, MAS\u002FTCRS\u002F2024\u002F01 of 20 February 2024, tells financial firms to inventory their cryptography and plan for post-quantum migration. It sets the foundational steps, know what you have and plan the transition, as supervisory expectations rather than binding rules at this stage.",{"q":53,"a":54},"Is the MAS advisory binding?","The February 2024 document is an advisory, not a binding rule. The Monetary Authority of Singapore indicated that supervisory expectations would follow later in 2026, so firms should treat the advisory as the first step toward firmer requirements.",{"q":56,"a":57},"Why does Singapore matter for post-quantum finance?","Singapore is a major global financial centre, so expectations the MAS sets influence how internationally active firms manage quantum risk. An early advisory from such a regulator signals the direction supervisory expectations are likely to take across the sector.",[59],"singapore","\u002Fassets\u002Fog-default.png",[62,63],"Financial Services","Cross-Sector",{},"2026-08-21",true,"\u002Fnews\u002Fsingapore-mas-advisory-inventory-and-plan",[69],{"label":70,"url":71},"Monetary Authority of Singapore, \"Advisory on addressing the cybersecurity risks associated with quantum,\" MAS\u002FTCRS\u002F2024\u002F01, Feb. 20, 2024.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mas.gov.sg\u002F",[73,76],{"label":74,"url":75},"Singapore MAS Publishes a QKD Sandbox Report Favouring PQC as the Foundation","\u002Fnews\u002Fsingapore-mas-qkd-sandbox-report",{"label":77,"url":78},"G7 Financial-Sector Post-Quantum Roadmap Targets 2030 to 2032","\u002Fnews\u002Fg7-financial-sector-post-quantum-roadmap-2030-2032",{"title":5,"description":45},"Singapore MAS Advisory: Inventory and Plan for PQC","singapore-mas-advisory-inventory-and-plan","news\u002Fsingapore-mas-advisory-inventory-and-plan",[84,85,86,87,88],"financial services","cryptographic discovery","quantum readiness","PQC migration","for enterprises","The Monetary Authority of Singapore issued an advisory in February 2024 telling financial firms to inventory cryptography and plan for post-quantum migration, with supervisory expectations to follow.","xFB1jbe-OPUxXSbNKfMrI7H7Kbq0CRyaK0AhLPuXyCo",1792182887225]