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Post-Quantum Cryptography Beyond TLS: Remain Quantum Safe | Akamai

Akamai·Mar 02, 2026 Jan Schaumann·about 1 month ago
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Throughout our series of blog posts on post-quantum cryptography (PQC), we have focused almost exclusively on the Transport Layer Security (TLS) ecosystem in an HTTP context. Addressing the “harvest now, decrypt later” threat in the CDN context was an obvious high priority for Akamai, and we are pleased to have delivered PQC in our TLS 1.3 handshakes for both client-to-Akamai and Akamai-to-origin connections. Over the coming weeks, these features are being rolled out everywhere as on-by-default for all Enhanced TLS customers. Although this is in line with the rest of the industry's prioritizations, the quantum threat affects all areas of cryptography, not just TLS. In this blog post, we'll explore some of the other protocols and services that will warrant our attention when it comes to making them quantum safe.…

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