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Microsoft Pulls Quantum Safe Timeline Forward to 2029 to Mitigate Accelerated Global Encryption Threats

Microsoft Azure Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer Mark Russinovich has announced an aggressive acceleration of the Microsoft Quantum Safe Program (QSP), pulling its enterprise post-quantum cryptography execution window forward by four years to target a 2029 deadline. The corporate directive elevates Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) deployment from a theoretical risk horizon into an immediate engineering mandate across all critical products and cloud architectures. By moving its baseline target ahead of standard public-sector compliance milestones, the tech giant aims to secure its global infrastructure well in advance of adversarial groups deploying operational, large-scale Cryptographically Relevant Quantum Computers.