EU Mandates Post-Quantum Cryptography by 2030 – Five Years Ahead of US

The EU and US now agree on which post-quantum algorithms to use – NIST FIPS 203/204/205 – but not when they must be deployed.

On 23 June, Brussels set a hard 31 Dec 2030 deadline for critical infrastructure, five years earlier than Washington’s “2035 or sooner” target.

Who needs to act now?

Any EU-based critical infrastructure provider has just over five years to complete its migration.

The no-regrets strategy: crypto-agility

If your PKI can swap algorithms on the fly, a standards shift becomes a simple config change – not a forklift upgrade.

Our three-minute demo shows exactly how.

Watch a live upgrade from RSA to ML-DSA (FIPS 204) with zero downtime – all within Cryptomathic's CrystalKey 360.

Key takeaways:

• Seamless cut-over – Production traffic keeps flowing while the new algorithm goes live
• Integrations intact – No changes to existing workflows, certificates, or downstream apps
• PQC-ready – ML-DSA (FIPS 204) is NIST’s PQC signature standard; the same crypto-agile mechanism will support future PQC rollouts

The regulatory clocks are ticking. Fortunately, both sides of the Atlantic agree on the algorithms – giving you a clear four-year runway (2026–2030) to migrate, once, without disruption – if you build crypto-agility today.

Ready to see it in action? Watch our three-minute demo and start planning for a quantum-safe, disruption-free future.