[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":91},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-\u002Fnews\u002Fus-quantum-computing-cybersecurity-preparedness-act-2022":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\u002Fus-quantum-computing-cybersecurity-preparedness-act-2022.md","US Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act Requires Federal Inventories","ArcQubit Team","",null,{"type":10,"value":11,"toc":39},"minimark",[12,17,24,27,30,33],[13,14,16],"h2",{"id":15},"us-quantum-computing-cybersecurity-preparedness-act-requires-federal-inventories","US Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act requires federal inventories",[18,19,20],"p",{},[21,22,23],"strong",{},"21 DECEMBER 2022, WASHINGTON",[18,25,26],{},"The Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act, signed on 21 December 2022, requires federal agencies to inventory their quantum-vulnerable systems and plan migration to post-quantum cryptography. By placing these duties in legislation, Congress made them a matter of law rather than guidance, so agencies must carry them out rather than treat them as optional.",[18,28,29],{},"The Act works alongside NSM-10. The national security memorandum sets executive-branch policy, while the Act gives the inventory and migration duties statutory backing from Congress. The two reinforce each other, pushing federal agencies toward the same inventory-first approach from both the executive and legislative directions.",[18,31,32],{},"Requiring inventory first reflects the logic of migration. An agency cannot migrate systems it has not identified, so finding its quantum-vulnerable systems is the necessary starting point. By mandating that step, the Act lays the groundwork for the migration planning that follows and that later instruments, such as the 2026 OMB memorandum, build on.",[18,34,35,38],{},[21,36,37],{},"Why it matters."," The Act turned federal post-quantum preparation into a legal requirement in 2022, well before the standards were final, by mandating inventory and migration planning. It gave the executive branch's policy goals statutory weight and set the inventory-first pattern that later federal rules continue. Agencies and their suppliers can trace today's deadlines back to the duties this Act established.",{"title":7,"searchDepth":40,"depth":40,"links":41},2,[42],{"id":15,"depth":40,"text":16},"Policy","2022-12-21","The US Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act of 2022 requires federal agencies to inventory quantum-vulnerable systems and plan post-quantum migration.",false,"md",[49,52,55],{"q":50,"a":51},"What does the Act require?","The Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act of 2022 requires federal agencies to inventory their quantum-vulnerable systems and plan migration to post-quantum cryptography. It makes those duties a matter of law rather than guidance, so agencies must carry them out.",{"q":53,"a":54},"How does the Act differ from NSM-10?","NSM-10 is a national security memorandum setting executive-branch policy, while the Act is legislation passed by Congress. The two reinforce each other: both push federal inventory and migration, with the Act giving the duties statutory backing.",{"q":56,"a":57},"Why does an inventory requirement come first?","An agency cannot migrate systems it has not identified, so inventory is the necessary first step. 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