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Thanks, Edward Snowden: you propelled China to quantum networking leadership
2024-09-10 05:30

Beijing aimed research at immediate needs – like blocking leaks – while the US sought abstract knowledge China has an undeniable lead in quantum networking technology – a state of affairs that...

IBM Executive on Future Cybersecurity: Passkeys, Deepfakes & Quantum Computing
2024-09-05 18:33

IBM's Chris Hockings predicts a safer internet with advances in passkey tech, digital identity, deepfake defenses, and post-quantum cryptography.

Quantum computing is coming – are you ready?
2024-09-05 15:08

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Security Experts Welcome NIST’s New Encryption Standards For Quantum Computers
2024-08-16 15:26

Quantum computers are rapidly increasing the ability for high-performance computing, and the new standards are ready for immediate use, NIST said. "Quantum computing technology could become a force for solving many of society's most intractable problems, and the new standards represent NIST's commitment to ensuring it will not simultaneously disrupt our security," said Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director Laurie E. Locascio, in a statement.

NIST Releases First Post-Quantum Encryption Algorithms
2024-08-15 15:37

From the Federal Register: After three rounds of evaluation and analysis, NIST selected four algorithms it will standardize as a result of the PQC Standardization Process. The public-key...

NIST releases first encryption tools to resist quantum computing
2024-08-14 19:33

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the first three encryption standards designed to resist future cyberattacks based on quantum computing technology. [...]

NIST releases finalized post-quantum encryption standards
2024-08-14 03:00

NIST has finalized its principal set of encryption algorithms designed to withstand cyberattacks from a quantum computer. The announced algorithms are specified in the first completed standards...

NIST finalizes trio of post-quantum encryption standards
2024-08-14 01:44

The National Institute of Standards and Technology today released the long-awaited post-quantum encryption standards, designed to protect electronic information long into the future - when quantum computers are expected to break existing cryptographic algorithms. The finalized standards include three post-quantum cryptographic algorithms.

Preparing for a post-quantum future
2024-06-18 03:30

A recent paper from Tsinghua University raised doubts about lattice-based cryptography for PQC, though an error was found. This has sparked questions about the strength of soon-to-be-standardized PQC algorithms.

Lattice-Based Cryptosystems and Quantum Cryptanalysis
2024-05-28 11:09

On April 10, Yilei Chen from Tsinghua University in Beijing posted a paper describing a new quantum attack on that shortest-path lattice problem. Adi Shamir, the "S" in RSA and a 2002 recipient of ACM's A.M. Turing award, described the result as psychologically significant because it shows that there is still a lot to be discovered about quantum cryptanalysis of lattice-based algorithms.