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Curated postings on post-quantum cryptography and quantum-safe infrastructure. Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and Government of Canada items come first, then NATO and allied guidance, then industry and research. Every entry links to the original source.
Phase 1: Detect
Phase 2: Protect
Phase 3: Comply
Phase 4: Scale
Refreshing a 2010 to 2020 Network in the AI Era: The Order of Operations
Utilities, municipalities, mines, pipelines, telecoms and defence suppliers running networks installed between 2010 and 2020 are planning refreshes while AI driven attackers probe continuously. The refresh buys evidence or just boxes, and the order of operations decides which: observed inventory, segmentation, rebuilt keys, then equipment, then verification.
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CPCSC Level 2 Is a Cryptography Question: What Canadian Defence Suppliers Need on Paper Before Spring 2027
Level 1 of the CPCSC is thirteen hygiene controls and a self assessment. Level 2, in select defence contracts from spring 2027, is 98 controls assessed by an accredited body, and ITSP.10.171 asks the cryptography question nine ways. A white paper on what to have on paper, and why the inventory also answers ITSM.40.001.
cpcsc-level-2-cryptography-defence-suppliers
TBS Cyber Readiness Direction: Where the Discovery Program Fits, Requirement by Requirement
The Treasury Board direction on cyber security readiness took effect October 1, 2026, with critical services lists due November 30. This guide maps each requirement the Discovery Program covers, contributes to, or leaves to you, so a federal reader can see the fit without a call.
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Cyber Centre Publishes Cyber Security Considerations for Submarine Cables (ITSP.20.001)
The Cyber Centre's new practitioner guidance, ITSP.20.001, sets out the policy, architecture and supply chain threats facing Canada's submarine telecommunications cables, from landing stations and remote management systems to the cable itself, with mitigations for operators.
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Public Safety and CSE Convene the Canadian Cyber Defence Collective Strategic Forum Advisory Council
Public Safety Canada and the Communications Security Establishment held the first in person meeting of an advisory council that brings critical infrastructure operators, including Bell, Enbridge, CN and Telesat, together with government to strengthen national cyber resilience.
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G7 Call to Action: Preparing for the Post-Quantum Era
CISA and the G7 Cyber Security Working Group (including Canada's Cyber Centre) have jointly told organizations and governments to start migrating to post-quantum cryptography now, not when a quantum computer arrives.
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Bill C-8 Receives Royal Assent: Canada's Critical Cyber Systems Protection Act Becomes Law
Bill C-8 became law in June 2026. It amends the Telecommunications Act to make security an explicit policy objective and creates the Critical Cyber Systems Protection Act for designated operators in finance, telecommunications, energy and transportation.
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Roadmap for the Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography for the Government of Canada (ITSM.40.001)
The federal migration roadmap: departmental PQC plans by April 2026, annual progress reporting, high-priority systems migrated by end of 2031, everything else by end of 2035.
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National Quantum Strategy Roadmap: Quantum Communication and Post-Quantum Cryptography
Canada's national plan pairs a post-quantum cryptography initiative for near-term protection with a longer-term secure quantum communication network.
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Preparing Your Organization for the Quantum Threat to Cryptography (ITSAP.00.017)
The Cyber Centre's plain-language starting point for Canadian organizations: why harvest now, decrypt later is a present-day risk, and the first steps toward a cryptographic inventory and migration plan.
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National Strategy for Critical Infrastructure: The Foundation Document Behind Canada's CI Policy
Public Safety Canada's 2009 strategy still defines what critical infrastructure is, names the ten sectors, and places primary responsibility for protecting assets on owners and operators. It is the frame Bill C-8 now enforces.
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NATO Quantum Technology Roadmap Puts Dates on Quantum-Resilient Communications and Industry Readiness
NATO's Quantum Technology Roadmap schedules an industry readiness study on quantum-resistant cryptography for Q2 2027, an updated action plan on the quantum threat to cryptography for Q3 2027, and a quantum-resilient communications pilot between Brussels and Mons by Q4 2027.
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NSA Sets Post-Quantum Dates for National Security Systems: New Systems From 2027, Legacy Out by 2030
Under Executive Order 14412, the NSA says all new commercial National Security Systems must support quantum-resistant algorithms from 2027, and legacy systems that cannot be made quantum resilient are to be phased out by 2030.
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Dublin City Council Runs a Quantum-Secure Link on Its Own Fibre in IrelandQCI's First Government Use Case
IrelandQCI demonstrated quantum-secure communication between two Dublin City Council buildings over the council's own fibre network, combining quantum and classical security, in the project's first government use case.
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RBC Names a Director of Quantum and Says It Is Migrating to Post-Quantum Cryptography
Royal Bank of Canada has created a Director of Quantum role, signed multiyear partnerships with the University of Waterloo and the University of Toronto, and says it is moving to post-quantum cryptography and quantum key distribution to protect client data.
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Cloudflare to Become a Public Certificate Authority, Targeting Post-Quantum Certificates in Early 2027
Cloudflare says it will become a public certificate authority and issue post-quantum Merkle Tree Certificates, targeting early 2027 for inclusion in Chrome's new Quantum-resistant Root Store.
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Babcock and Arqit Demonstrate Quantum-Safe Tactical Communications Across Mixed Bearers
Demonstration, September 2026: Babcock and Arqit moved mission data between two sites at DVD 2026 using software based quantum-safe encryption, designed for 4G/5G, satcom, tactical and MANET radios, and signed an MoU. A demonstration by other companies, not a Fabric deliverable.
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nLighten and Arqit Test a Sovereign Key Model for Public Cloud Workloads
Proof of concept, July 2026: nLighten and Arqit ran workloads in a hyperscaler's public cloud while keys and controls stayed in a Geneva data centre, using the SKA-Platform, NetworkSecure and Intel TDX. A demonstration by other companies, not a Fabric deliverable. Our take for Canadian buyers.
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