Post-Quantum Cryptography: What's Next for Edge Security
Akamai Technologies, Wednesday, July 15th, 2026
Akamai's Rich Salz breaks down Google's 2029 post-quantum timeline, new signature schemes, and the IETF PLANTS working group.
Akamai principal architect Rich Salz surveys the next phase of post-quantum cryptography adoption beyond the initial key-exchange migration.
He examines Google's stated 2029 timeline for broader PQC deployment and what it implies for certificate authorities and edge operators.
The post covers emerging post-quantum signature algorithms, which are far larger than classical signatures and create real bandwidth and latency concerns at internet scale.
Salz highlights the IETF PLANTS working group as an example of the ecosystem adapting standards to make PQC operationally viable in production TLS.