NIST Releases 3 Post-Quantum Standards, Urges Orgs to Start PQC Journey

Executive summary: NIST has published final FIPS standards for initial post-quantum cryptography algorithms (CRYSTALS-Kyber as ML-KEM, CRYSTALS-Dilithium as ML-DSA, and Sphincs+ as SLH-DSA, with FALCON slated as a draft FN-DSA), marking the start of broad PQC migration efforts; the report outlines government mandate timelines, estimated costs, industry readiness, recommended phased/hybrid deployment strategies, and early adoption/testing by major vendors such as Google and Akamai.