Standards and research bodies
The organisations that actually set post-quantum standards, and where their current documents live.
What is in this index
Included: bodies publishing normative post-quantum specifications, the research and implementation programmes feeding them, and the coalitions convened to coordinate migration across organisations. Excluded: commentary and secondary summaries, however good. The line is participation rather than description: an organisation is here because it does some of this work, not because it writes about it.
| Name | What it is | Detail | Why | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANSSI | France's national cybersecurity authority, and its three-phase view of the post-quantum transition. | Francehybridationposition paper | Why this is listed ANSSI Its position paper is issued in a regulatory as well as an advisory role over cryptographic algorithms, so the three phases and the hybridation requirement are its own rules. | 2 sources Sep 4, 2026 |
| Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) | Germany's federal information security authority, and its published position on post-quantum migration. | GermanyTR-02102-1hybrid | Why this is listed Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) It publishes its own recommendations, Technical Guideline TR-02102-1 and two longer documents, which is a national authority stating a position rather than restating someone else's. | 1 source Sep 4, 2026 |
| IETF LAMPS Working Group | The IETF group specifying post-quantum algorithms in X.509 certificates and the Cryptographic Message Syntax. | IETFX.509CMS | Why this is listed IETF LAMPS Working Group Its charter commits it to specifying post-quantum algorithms in PKIX certificates and the Cryptographic Message Syntax, which is normative work rather than guidance about it. | 1 source Sep 4, 2026 |
| IETF PQUIP Working Group | The IETF's standing venue for post-quantum operational and engineering transition questions. | IETFsecurity areaBCP | Why this is listed IETF PQUIP Working Group Its output is Informational and Best Current Practice RFCs, so it is here as the IETF's standing post-quantum venue rather than as a group defining cryptographic mechanisms. | 1 source Sep 4, 2026 |
| IETF TLS Working Group | The group that maintains TLS and DTLS, and where hybrid key exchange in TLS 1.3 was specified. | IETFTLS 1.3hybrid key exchange | Why this is listed IETF TLS Working Group Its charter never says post-quantum, but it has submitted hybrid key exchange in TLS 1.3 to the IESG, so the normative post-quantum work is in the milestones rather than the remit. | 1 source Sep 4, 2026 |
| National Cyber Security Centre (UK) | The UK's cyber security authority, and its dated timeline for completing post-quantum migration. | United Kingdommigration timeline | Why this is listed National Cyber Security Centre (UK) The 2028, 2031 and 2035 dates are the authority's own migration guidance, published in its own name rather than assembled from what other bodies have said. | 2 sources Sep 4, 2026 |
| NCCoE Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography | The NIST applied cybersecurity centre's migration project, published as the SP 1800-38 practice guide. | SP 1800-38practice guide | Why this is listed NCCoE Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography A practice guide rather than a specification, so it qualifies as programme work rather than as a normative publisher, and it is a NIST primary document rather than a summary of one. | 1 source Sep 4, 2026 |
| NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Project | The standardisation programme behind FIPS 203, 204 and 205, and the ongoing selection rounds. | FIPS 203FIPS 204FIPS 205 | Why this is listed NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Project It publishes the normative documents themselves, FIPS 203, 204 and 205, and still runs the selection rounds that are meant to produce further signatures. | 1 source Sep 3, 2026 |
| Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance | A Linux Foundation alliance producing implementations of standardised algorithms and software for evaluating new ones. | Linux Foundationalliance | Why this is listed Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance It exists to produce high-assurance implementations of the standardised algorithms and software for evaluating new ones, which is programme work feeding standardisation rather than commentary on it. | 1 source Sep 4, 2026 |
| Post-Quantum Cryptography Coalition | A community convened by MITRE that publishes migration resources on post-quantum adoption. | MITREcoalitionguidance | Why this is listed Post-Quantum Cryptography Coalition A coalition convened with named founding members, publishing migration guidance and progress tracking, which is coordinating the transition rather than describing it from outside. | 1 source Sep 4, 2026 |
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