DoD Already Told Contractors What’s Coming After CMMC

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DoD is reconsidering CMMC assessments and talking about reducing costs for defense contractors. But months before the Phase 2 suspension, the DoD CIO published a strategy saying the Defense Industrial Base will migrate to post-quantum cryptography, CMMC will be updated to include PQC requirements, and “costs will be incurred.”

We break down why quantum computing threatens modern encryption, the federal government's 2030/2031 migration timeline, what DoD has already said about CMMC, and what the transition could eventually cost defense contractors.

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DoD PQC Strategy: https://dowcio.war.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Library/DoW-PQC-Strategy.pdf

NFO Controls: https://youtu.be/YEQd--RIUkU?si=iQpR2sZY7taAbi9k

NIST PQC 101: https://www.nist.gov/cybersecurity-and-privacy/what-post-quantum-cryptography

Congress (2022): https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7535

PQC Report (2024): https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/REF_PQC-Report_FINAL_Send.pdf

PQC Executive Order: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/securing-the-nation-against-advanced-cryptographic-attacks/