From 5ff7a23f40f71e98d9bcd7596b3286beb6812df8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Howard Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 12:49:01 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add Executive Order 14412 reference to README Updated the README to include the White House Executive Order 14412 as well as the fact that dates are now in play.... --- README.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6ad7780..37ef73a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ and fear. ## About the project -NIST, the UK NCSC, and EU institutions have all issued concrete guidance on -post-quantum cryptography, crypto-agility, and harvest-now-decrypt-later +The White House (Executive Order 14412), NIST, the UK NCSC, and EU institutions have all issued concrete dates and +guidance on post-quantum cryptography, crypto-agility, and harvest-now-decrypt-later mitigation - while quantum systems themselves move from research into cloud and enterprise environments. Yet security teams still face three gaps: @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ workloads on quantum computing platforms. |----|------|----------------| | [QS01](quantum-top-10/QS01_Harvest-Now-Decrypt-Later-Exposure.md) | Harvest-Now-Decrypt-Later Exposure | EU Roadmap end-2030; NCSC 2031; NSM-10 | | [QS02](quantum-top-10/QS02_Long-Lived-Sensitive-Data.md) | Long-Lived Sensitive Data | Mosca's inequality; EU Roadmap end-2030 | -| [QS03](quantum-top-10/QS03_Vulnerable-Signatures-and-Code-Signing.md) | Vulnerable Signatures and Code-Signing | NSA CNSA 2.0 by 2030; CRA Annex I | +| [QS03](quantum-top-10/QS03_Vulnerable-Signatures-and-Code-Signing.md) | Vulnerable Signatures and Code-Signing | NSA CNSA 2.0 by 2030; CRA Annex I | Executive Order 14412 | | [QS04](quantum-top-10/QS04_Absent-Cryptographic-Inventory-and-CBOM.md) | Absent Cryptographic Inventory and CBOM | NCSC 2028; EU Roadmap end-2026 | | [QS05](quantum-top-10/QS05_Crypto-Agility-Failures.md) | Crypto-Agility Failures | NIS2 Article 21(2)(h); IETF PQUIP/TLS WG | | [QS06](quantum-top-10/QS06_Insecure-Migration-and-Hybrid-Misuse.md) | Insecure Migration and Hybrid Misuse | EU Roadmap end-2030 standalone-classical prohibition |