The #EO isn’t a genesis point - it is a compliance hammer. There is an immense amount of noise surrounding the newly issued Executive Order 14409, "Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks." Many commentators treat it as a sudden wake-up call that magically creates a post-quantum cryptography (PQC) migration strategy out of thin air. Before making that claim, look at what already existed. Federal policy did not start on 22 June 2026. Agencies have been opera