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Story: Trump Signs 2 Quantum Orders Targeting Federal Encryption by 2031

By Julie Binoche

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Building a Large-Scale Quantum Machine. Executive Order 14411 goes after the innovation side hard.

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Federal Encryption Faces Hard Deadlines. Executive Order 14409 is the defensive half of the pair.

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What the Crypto and Tech World Should Watch. For anyone in digital finance or blockchain infrastructure, the encryption deadline is the part…

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President Trump signed two executive orders on June 22 aimed at overhauling how the federal government handles quantum technology — both building it and defending against it.

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The two orders cover pretty different ground. One pushes the U.S. to lead in quantum computing, sensing, and networking.

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Quantum computing isn't a distant threat anymore.

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Executive Order 14411 goes after the innovation side hard. It calls for an update to the National Quantum Strategy within 180 days, with federal agencies expected to align their…

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The Department of Energy gets the first concrete task: identify technical requirements for that system within 90 days.

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And it doesn't stop at hardware. Agencies across Commerce, Energy, NASA, and the National Science Foundation are all directed to draft five-year plans covering quantum research,…

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That's a lot of moving parts. Whether agencies can actually keep pace with those timelines is probably the real question.

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Executive Order 14409 is the defensive half of the pair. The administration's worry is specific: adversaries could be collecting encrypted federal data right now, sitting on it,…

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More context: Trumps 2031 Quantum Encryption Mandate Puts Federal Agencies on the Clock

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The response is mandatory migration to post-quantum cryptography standards set by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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New procurement requirements are also in the order, so agencies can't just keep buying systems built on old cryptographic standards.

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Thirty days to name a migration lead sounds fast. It is.

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