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In short: Every standard and PQC deadline with its status and next milestone. Filter by body, kind or status; each item shows its key facts first and folds its milestones and sources. Filter the tracker

Information only, not compliance or legal advice. Each status, date and deadline is as its official source states it on the date read; check the publisher for the authoritative current version. A milestone that is not verified is never used in the deadlines view, the feed, the early warning or the briefings.

Standards, specifications, committees and migration deadlines on post-quantum cryptography, quantum key distribution and quantum technologies: ETSI, CEN-CENELEC, ISO/IEC, ITU-T, IEEE, NIST and the IETF, the EU roadmap and the national agencies, each with its status and dates, its scope, what it means for organisations and its next milestone.

This page: every standard, committee and deadline with its status and next milestone. The other post-quantum pages: Guide: what post-quantum cryptography is and what to do first; Timeline by authority: the milestones of each EU and national authority, as its source states them; What is due when: everything due in the next 12 to 60 months, in date order, with a calendar feed; Compliance calendar: dated obligations and milestones beyond post-quantum.

Tracked items by body and status
BodyPublishedDraftIn developmentActiveWithdrawnTotal
ETSI ISG QKD10001011
ETSI TC CYBER400004
CEN-CENELEC5051011
ISO/IEC301105
ITU-T600006
IEEE004059
NIST512008
IETF702009
EU100102
ECCG / EUCC010203
ANSSI200103
BSI200103
Netherlands100001
NCSC-UK100001
Canada (CCCS, TBS)100102
NSA000101

Verification of the items on the date read: Verified: 57; Partly verified: 20; Not verified: 2.

4 items

ETSI TS 103 744: Cyber Security (CYBER); Quantum-Safe Cryptography (QSC); Quantum-safe Hybrid Key Establishment

Body
ETSI Technical Committee CYBER (Quantum-Safe Cryptography)
Kind
Specification
Status
Published (2026-02-05). V1.2.2 published 2026-02-05; V1.2.1 (2025-03-25) and V1.1.1 (2020-12-23, titled Quantum-safe Hybrid Key Exchanges) earlier
Scope
Post-quantum cryptography
Jurisdiction
International
What it means for organisations
Specifies hybrid key establishment combining classical and post-quantum schemes, a reference for vendors building transitional protocols.
Next milestone
None stated by the sources read.
Milestones, links, verification and sources
Dated milestones
  • : V1.2.2 published
In the portal
Reference record
Verification
Verified. Title, version and publication date read today on the ETSI Work Programme list for TC CYBER QSC; version folder confirmed in the ETSI deliver archive. Titles are reconstructed from line-wrapped table cells.
Sources

ETSI TR 103 619: Cyber Security (CYBER); Quantum-Safe Cryptography (QSC); Migration strategies and recommendations to Quantum Safe schemes

Body
ETSI Technical Committee CYBER (Quantum-Safe Cryptography)
Kind
Technical report
Status
Published (2020-07-21). V1.1.1 published 2020-07-21
Scope
Post-quantum cryptography
Jurisdiction
International
What it means for organisations
Outlines a staged migration approach (inventory, plan, execution) that organisations can use to structure a move to quantum-safe cryptography.
Next milestone
None stated by the sources read.
Milestones, links, verification and sources
Dated milestones
  • : V1.1.1 published
Verification
Verified. Title, version and publication date read today on the ETSI Work Programme list for TC CYBER QSC; version folder confirmed in the ETSI deliver archive. Titles are reconstructed from line-wrapped table cells.
Sources

ETSI TR 104 016: Cyber Security (CYBER); Quantum-Safe Cryptography (QSC); A Repeatable Framework for Quantum-Safe Migrations

Body
ETSI Technical Committee CYBER (Quantum-Safe Cryptography)
Kind
Technical report
Status
Published (2024-10-25). V1.1.1 published 2024-10-25
Scope
Post-quantum cryptography
Jurisdiction
International
What it means for organisations
Provides a repeatable framework that organisations can apply to plan and run successive quantum-safe migration projects.
Next milestone
None stated by the sources read.
Milestones, links, verification and sources
Dated milestones
  • : V1.1.1 published
Verification
Verified. Title, version and publication date read today on the ETSI Work Programme list for TC CYBER QSC; version folder confirmed in the ETSI deliver archive. Titles are reconstructed from line-wrapped table cells.
Sources

ETSI TS 104 015: Cyber Security (CYBER); Quantum-Safe Cryptography (QSC); Efficient Quantum-Safe Hybrid Key Exchanges with Hidden Access Policies

Body
ETSI Technical Committee CYBER (Quantum-Safe Cryptography)
Kind
Specification
Status
Published (2025-02-26). V1.1.1 published 2025-02-26
Scope
Post-quantum cryptography
Jurisdiction
International
What it means for organisations
Specifies a hybrid key encapsulation scheme with attribute-based access control, relevant to data-sharing systems needing quantum-safe access policies.
Next milestone
None stated by the sources read.
Milestones, links, verification and sources
Dated milestones
  • : V1.1.1 published
Verification
Verified. Title, version and publication date read today on the ETSI Work Programme list for TC CYBER QSC; version folder confirmed in the ETSI deliver archive. Titles are reconstructed from line-wrapped table cells.
Sources

Sources compiled 2026-10-27; assembled 2026-11-02. Reviewed every 90 days. Past milestones of the PQC transition are on the migration timeline.