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Why do Cryptographic Standards Take Many Years to Adopt in Practice?

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Feb 13, 2025 · 03:38

[One of the things](https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/post-quantum-cryptography) that struck me about the NIST Post-Quantum announcement is that it takes two decades to ensure adoption of public key infrastructure.

It makes me wonder--why does it take so long to influence people to adopt and deploy cryptosystems in practice?

Is it an issue in training people? Or something else? Please let me know.