Summary
A bipartisan U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission is urging a national “Quantum First” goal by 2030. The Commission’s 2025 Annual Report to Congress calls for U.S. leadership across quantum computing, quantum communications, and post-quantum security, with explicit targets for computational advantage in cryptography, drug discovery, and materials science. The warning is stark: whoever leads in quantum and AI could control digital encryption, drive breakthroughs across industry, and secure a persistent edge in intelligence and targeting.
For cyber leaders and CISOs, this is a signal to accelerate quantum readiness now. Priorities include rapid adoption of NIST-selected PQC, crypto agility across products and vendors, data risk reduction for long-lived secrets, quantum-ready key management and networking, rigorous supply chain assurance, and targeted investments in skills and R&D. The objective is to outpace adversaries and reduce exposure to harvest now decrypt later attacks.
What to watch next: federal funding and procurement mandates that move markets, interagency coordination on migration timelines, standards alignment and interoperability testing, and public-private partnerships to scale pilots into production. Clear milestones and transparency on progress toward the 2030 goal will determine whether the U.S. converts this strategy into durable security advantage.
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