Future-proof your environment with a pioneer in quantum security

Cloudflare delivers post-quantum encryption at the network edge today and is at the forefront of post-quantum authentication development for tomorrow. We’ve committed to be fully post-quantum secure across our entire platform by 2029.

Route your traffic through our global network to gain an immediate compensating control against quantum threats, without disrupting your infrastructure, upgrading hardware, or paying extra.

Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) - Problem Statement

PROBLEM

Quantum threats are already here

While the industry treats "Q-Day," the moment quantum computers break conventional cryptography, as a 2030 problem, adversaries are attacking today. By executing "harvest now, decrypt later" campaigns, they can actively stockpile your sensitive, encrypted data to crack when quantum computers mature. To survive the quantum transition, the market faces a two-pronged post-quantum cryptography (PQC) challenge for encryption and authentication.

The two halves of the PQC problem

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Post-quantum encryption: urgent now

Organizations need instant, network-level compensating controls to secure data in transit today, buying time for complex internal infrastructure upgrades.

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Post-quantum authentication: critical by Q-Day

Most organizations lack a roadmap for post-quantum authentication, leaving them vulnerable to forged credentials and unauthorized access once Q-Day arrives.

SOLUTION

Achieve instant post-quantum encryption with built-in crypto agility

Skip the costly rip-and-replace hardware cycles. By routing your traffic through Cloudflare, you gain an immediate compensating control against "harvest now, decrypt later" campaigns and gain a path to PQ authentication once available. We deliver post-quantum encryption at the network layer over the public Internet by default, securing your data in transit today while buying you time to upgrade internal systems at your own pace.

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Mitigate "harvest now, decrypt later" attacks instantly

Gain an immediate compensating control at the network layer without upgrading your internal servers. Leverage our robust PQ encryption implementation, which already secures over two-thirds of human-generated traffic reaching our global network.

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Secure without performance drawbacks

Unlike legacy vendors struggling with TLS 1.3 adoption, Cloudflare’s hybrid approach combines classical algorithms with ML-KEM. This architecture results in a net performance boost for secure connections, eliminating the typical PQC performance penalty.

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Stay ahead of cryptography regulations

Maintain continuous crypto-agility and compliance with evolving NIST and IETF standards through Cloudflare’s adaptive platform. We do not just follow standards; we actively help governments and standards bodies like the IETF draft them.

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Plan for post-quantum authentication

Prepare for Q-Day by ensuring adversaries cannot forge credentials or impersonate your APIs in the future. Cloudflare is actively solving the challenges of post-quantum signatures. This means our customers automatically gain PQ authentication as it becomes available.

Global leaders, including 45% of the Fortune 500, rely on Cloudflare

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HOW IT WORKS

Cloudflare’s platform simplifies PQC migration

Cloudflare’s global network delivers PQC at the network edge by default. By routing your traffic through our composable platform, you instantly protect users, applications, and network infrastructure against "harvest now, decrypt later" threats.

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PQ encryption at Cloudflare today

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For your web security

Secure websites and APIs against “harvest now, decrypt later” attacks. We provide PQC coverage for sites proxied over Cloudflare. No code changes or web server upgrades are required.

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For your workforce

Protect internal access with post-quantum zero trust for every user and on-ramp, e.g., browser, device client, app connector. Crypto-agility is built in; no re-architecting your SASE implementation is necessary.

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For your wide area network (WAN)

Extend PQC to WAN and site-to-site VPN through interoperable PQ IPsec. Cover every SASE on-ramp across distributed infrastructure with hybrid ML-KEM.

Resources

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Cloudflare targets 2029 for full post-quantum security
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The White House's post-quantum executive order is an important milestone. It’s time to get to work
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Post-quantum cryptography

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Post-quantum authentication to origins is now supported
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