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Cloudflare targets 2029 for full post-quantum security

Cloudflare just announced a 3-year sprint to quantum-proof its entire infrastructure by 2029.

Reporting by Hacker News 1 min brief
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Why it matters

Post-quantum cryptography is becoming table-stakes for enterprise infrastructure. Cloudflare's 2029 deadline signals how seriously the industry is taking quantum threat timelines and when CISOs need to start upgrading.

The key facts

7 to know

  1. Target completion: 2029 for full post-quantum security deployment

  2. Cloudflare committing to quantum-resistant cryptography across infrastructure

  3. Strategic move ahead of anticipated quantum computing threat timeline

  4. Published April 2026 — suggests near-term urgency in enterprise security roadmaps

  5. Cloudflare targets 2029 for full post-quantum security deployment

  6. Post-quantum cryptography adoption timeline now becoming concrete for major infrastructure providers

  7. Relevance to AI: quantum computing poses existential threat to current encryption protecting ML models and datasets

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