Cloudflare targets 2029 for full post-quantum security
2026-04-12T19:24:06Z•32e733f35ad664f28f184753e4b4f616b2f1f276740f809ef0c5093187a2ebaf
ACMEAI securityAPI securityCGNATCloudflare RadarDDoSLLMLog ExplorerMerkle Tree CertificatesOptimistic ACKPQCPingoraPingora 0.8.0QUICWeb securityaccount abuseacknowledgement-based DDoScertificate validationclient-side securityfraud preventiongraph neural networkspost-quantumrequest smugglingvulnerability disclosurevulnerability scanner
What happened
Cloudflare published a collection of security updates and product announcements: they moved their target for full post-quantum security to 2029 and are experimenting with Merkle Tree Certificates and PQ-enabled messaging. New and expanded offerings include Client-Side Security (cascading AI detections), AI Security for Apps (GA) and free AI discovery, Account Abuse Protection (Early Access), and a Web & API Vulnerability Scanner that uses AI to build API call graphs. Operational/security telemetry improvements include Log Explorer dataset expansion, CGNAT detection, and Cloudflare Radar PQ/KT/
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- 2026-04-12T19:24:06Z
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- Yes
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