Australia moves to drop some cryptography by 2030 – before quantum carves it up

Australia’s ASD published guidance to transition High Assurance Cryptographic Equipment off legacy algorithms (RSA, ECDSA, ECDH, SHA-224/256) by 2030 due to anticipated quantum threats, moving faster than U.S. NIST/NSA timelines that aim for 2035; NIST’s approved post-quantum standards (ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA) and draft transition guidance are cited, while experts warn of the difficulty and controversy—especially around removing SHA-256—of completing such a migration within five years.