Quantum-Safe Security

Meeting Minutes - 26 Feb 2025 with Guest Presentation

  • 1.  Meeting Minutes - 26 Feb 2025 with Guest Presentation

    Posted Feb 26, 2025 11:31:00 AM
    • CSA announcements
    • Guest presentation on fully homomorphic encryption and it's applications (slides attached)
    • Updates on current activities
      • Crypto Newsletter (ongoing)
      • Key Management collaboration - 'Post-Quantum Cryptography Key  Management with procedural steps on crypto-migration
        • On the 2025 roadmap, but not concrete plans to move forward
        • John has volunteered to be going between and rep the working group
      • New ideas?
        • 2025 year of Quantum Science and Technology - no volunteers yet
    • Current documents
      •   In progress
        • Short paper: HMAC Resisting Quantum Authentication and Integrity? - no updates
        • Short paper: NISTIR 8547: Transition to PQC Standards - draft available
          • Need to add references
          • Potentially build into a larger/longer paper
        • AI and Quantum article
          • No much progress since last call
      • Proposed
        • PQC reference architecture
          • Fine tuning the scope, cleaning up previous version of the outlines
        • New ideas?
      • News - Microsoft Majorana - first quantum processor powered by topological qubits


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    Hillary Baron
    Sr Technical Director
    CSA
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