Quantum-Safe Security

• CSA Announcements
• Upcoming events:  https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/events
• Anyone attending RSA?
• Recent releases:  https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/research/artifacts/ 
• Open peer reviews and surveys:  https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/research/#_initiative
• Current Activities
• CryptoNews Monthly Newsletter for April: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/quantum-safe-security-working-group_crypto-news-april-2025-activity-7313237110075850752-JTAR

• Collaboration Cloud Key Management - Post-Quantum Cryptography Key Management - no update
• Narrowed down with outline
• Ideas for short articles?
• Year of Quantum
• NIST Selects HQC as Fifth Algorithm for Post-Quantum Encryption

• Current Documents
• New proposal: A practical guide of protecting data in transit and at rest with PQC
• Hillary to set up google doc
• Interested volunteers reach out to Hillary for intro to lead for paper
• NISTIR 8547: From PQC standards to real-world implementations: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11dSvm0UZ0zW3Y3IcRCmYz3pN2eiNDlu9gwdKfLl_ca0/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.jila3fjjswb1
• Follow-up to the short article previously published
• Looking for additional volunteers to assist
• HMAC Resisting Quantum Authentication and Integrity - draft ready soon
• AI and Quantum Paper - no update
• PQC Reference Architecture - updated outline slightly and introduced specific example (payments)
• News
• DARPA Selects 18 Companies to Participate in Stage A of Its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative
• Link:

https://quantumcomputingreport.com/darpa-selects-18-companies-to-participate-in-stage-a-of-its-quantum-benchmarking-initiative/

• • • • PsiQuantum not on the list, curious

• Presentation - Majorana 1 with Denis Mandich