Quantum-Safe Security

• CSA News
• Upcoming events: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/events
• Recent documents and report releases: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/research/artifacts/ 
• Open peer reviews:  https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/research/#_initiative
• Working Group Announcements
• Canceling next two calls, returning August 29th
• Meeting recordings available upon request
• Next call
• Identify the topic and speakers for the Research Summit
• Will, Jim, and Mehak volunteer to help build
• NIST - Launched new round of proposals for new signature schemes
• Looked at all the proposals - 40 are getting the thumbs up, 5 have been hacked.
• Current activities
• Newsletter - Always welcome to contribute for as much or as little time as you're interested in
• Quantum and Financial Standards - Bruno to review
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vAouSyrWpwD5gTwC834Y14NL6OIiISeC/edit
• QSS Matrix/Security Controls - Volunteers to meet and begin outlining the initiative
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dMFZjXGvWW6czmcGsu9oYLaVSAHA4_X5Lb5VO7xpimY/edit?usp=sharing
• Quantum and Forensics - final edits being made in next few days
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b3VoP7nR1p_26T7kmbAPp5wLSXW6pNlx/edit?rtpof=true
• Blockchain and Quantum v2 paper - more reviewers needed
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q2ISMCgll43gcehbLteNGc1jTNs85KbT/edit?rtpof=true
• News from quantum safe
• TII Mc Eliece Challenge - different tracks and leader boards, similar to early RSA challenges
• Events
• Black Hat, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, August 5-10, https://blackhat.com
• Def Con 31, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, August 10-13, https://defcon.org/
• SECtember (CSA Security event), Sept. 18-22, Overview - SECtember 2023
• Intl Cryptographic Module Conference (ICMC), September 20-22, https://icmconference.org/
• Grace Hopper Celebration, Orlando, September 26-29, https://ghc.anitab.org/
• InfoSec World, Orlando, September 25-27, https://www.infosecworldusa.com/
• Regular NIST PQC seminars: https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography/workshops-and-timeline/pqc-seminars

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Hillary Baron
Sr Technical Director
CSA
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