The U.S. Government’s (USG) strategic alignment on all things quantum security has been encouraging over the course of 2022, culminating with the passage of the Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act in the Senate on Friday, December 16th, which is now ready for the President’s signature sometime this month.  The bill is an outgrowth of National Security Memorandum 8 (NSM8):  “Improving the Cybersecurity of National Security, Department of Defense and Intelligence Community Systems”.   With NSM8 strategic directives made into law, the goal is not so much the acceleration of innovation, but the ability to “defend forward” at speed and scale.

The U.S. Government’s (USG) strategic alignment on all things quantum security has been encouraging over the course of 2022, culminating with the passage of the Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act in the Senate on Friday, December 16th, which is now ready for the President’s signature sometime this month. Dedicated new physical infrastructure and collaborative operational structures (designed as platforms and ecosystems to induce network effects) are also in place to support the computational power requirements, physical access, and enhanced security concerns unique to quantum innovation.  Our coverage of these efforts can be found below.

A Federal Ecosystem for Accelerating (at Scale) Quantum Computational Power and Quantum Networks Emerges

https://oodaloop.com/ooda-original/2022/07/06/the-u-s-naval-research-laboratory-announces-the-dc-based-quantum-network-research-consortium/https://oodaloop.com/archive/2022/06/06/by-design-the-quantum-list-is-strategically-structured-for-exponential-speed-and-scale/https://oodaloop.com/archive/2022/05/16/nsm10-the-national-quantum-initiative-nqi-and-the-nqi-advisory-committee/

https://oodaloop.com/ooda-original/2022/07/06/the-u-s-naval-research-laboratory-announces-the-dc-based-quantum-network-research-consortium/

https://oodaloop.com/archive/2022/12/07/accelerating-technology-for-use-in-governments-what-can-be-done-now/

https://oodaloop.com/archive/2022/04/29/the-quantum-cybersecurity-preparedness-act-builds-on-national-security-memorandum-8/

OODA 2022:  Quantum Cybersecurity and Post-Quantum Cryptography

https://oodaloop.com/ooda-original/2022/12/19/the-greatest-cryptographic-migration-in-history-the-quantum-cybersecurity-preparedness-act-to-be-signed-into-law/

https://oodaloop.com/archive/2022/07/08/the-so-what-of-the-nist-quantum-resistant-cryptographic-algorithms-announcement/

https://oodaloop.com/archive/2022/09/27/nsa-sets-2035-post-quantum-cryptography-deadline-joint-advisories-with-cisa-and-fbi/

https://oodaloop.com/archive/2022/08/01/nist-selects-12-companies-for-implementing-quantum-resistant-cryptographic-algorithms/

https://oodaloop.com/archive/2022/07/11/cisa-and-quantum-security-industry-leaders-react-to-recent-nist-post-quantum-announcement/

OODA Loop 2022: Business Strategy, Risk Awareness, and the Future of Quantum Computing

Further OODA Loop Resources

Quantum Computing and Quantum Security Sensemaking

https://oodaloop.com/archive/2019/09/12/the-executives-guide-to-quantum-computing-what-you-need-to-know-for-your-strategy-today/

https://oodaloop.com/archive/2021/03/19/updated-executives-guide-to-quantum-safe-security-take-these-steps-to-make-your-enterprise-quantum-proof/

https://oodaloop.com/archive/2021/12/15/is-taiwans-five-year-quantum-computing-and-talent-initiative-the-wrong-strategy-for-the-island-nation/

https://oodaloop.com/archive/2021/09/07/cybersecurity-sensemaking-usg-initiatives-and-updates-a-pilot-alpha-ooda-loop-research-effort/

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