Quantum-Safe Security

• CSA Announcements
• Update on Activities
  • Article: Financial standards and quantum - close to final
  • Paper: Forensics and quantum - almost ready for review, Roger will add a few references
  • Paper: Blockchain and quantum v2 - preliminary draft available
  • Framework: Quantum Security Controls - 1 meeting has occurred, new volunteers interested in project (Hillary to provide info)
  • Paper: Pqc/Qkd v2 - No  progress
  • Presentation: QSS Pane at CSA Research Summit 
• Discussions - Publication of the NIST draft PQC standards and request for comments 
  • Feels more formal - almost  like we're getting into the standardization process
  • Predicting maybe a year plus before certification will be possible
  • No new submissions for key exchange - surprised it wasn't opened up

• Events
  • 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
• Next call
  • Back to the regular biweekly schedule
  • Formal introductions - several new people
  • Discuss article about new way of doing error correction

Thank you for the reminder! See the framework and guide attachments here.

Attachment(s)

CSA-IoT-Controls-Matrix-v3.xlsx   713 KB 1 version

Guide to the CSA IoT Controls Matrix v3.pdf   757 KB 1 version