Italy’s National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) co-signed a joint international statement titled “Securing Tomorrow, Today: Transitioning to Post-Quantum Cryptography” in November 2024, alongside 21 other national cybersecurity and signals intelligence agencies. The initiative was led by Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).
According to the ACN, the document describes and analyzes scenarios related to the transition to post-quantum cryptography, details the main vulnerabilities, and outlines possible precautions. It also references the ongoing cooperation on PQC within the EU’s NIS Cooperation Group, in which ACN participates on behalf of Italy, and calls upon all EU member states to contribute actively to defining a shared transition roadmap.
ACN had published its own national PQC guidance document in July 2024 as a precursor to this multilateral effort. The joint statement reinforces the urgency of beginning the migration to quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms across European public and private sector systems.