ASD, NSA and CISA update PQC vendor readiness guidance. HKMA launches banking toolkit. MAS consults on quantum-safe timelines. IETF drafts advance.

One supplier can destroy five years of post-quantum planning. Not through incompetence. Through dependency. The conversation around post-quantum cryptography still revolves around algorithms, migration plans and technical roadmaps. That misses the point. Modern organisations no longer control much of their own cryptography. It sits inside cloud platforms, software, managed services, operational technology and hardware supplied by third parties. Your programme cannot move fast