WASHINGTON – BSA Senior Director of Policy Henry Young issued the following statement following President Trump’s signing of two new executive orders on quantum technologies and security:

The Business Software Alliance welcomes President Trump’s new Executive Orders 14409 on Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks and EO 14411 on Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation which focus on upgrading government systems to post-quantum cryptography and furthering quantum innovation as an important step toward strengthening US leadership in one of the most transformative emerging technologies.

These executive orders advance many of the priorities BSA has highlighted in its quantum policy work, including the need for a refreshed national quantum strategy, stronger public-private collaboration, greater focus on commercialization and deployment, coordinated government leadership, working with like-minded partners, enhanced protection of critical quantum research and supply chains, and the upgrade to post-quantum cryptography. The orders’ direction to update the National Quantum Strategy, establish agency roadmaps, expand public-private partnerships, and reconstitute the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee, as well as updating the timelines for government agencies to upgrade to PQC, will help create a more coordinated framework for advancing quantum innovation as well as a safer and more secure nation.

As BSA has emphasized, governments that act now in partnership with industry will be best positioned to capture the economic, scientific, and national security benefits of quantum technologies. The executive order represents an important step toward ensuring the United States remains at the forefront of quantum innovation and competitiveness.