For anyone familiar with the quantum-safe security space, this announcement has been 6 years in the making. NIST has selected
four encryption algorithms that will become part of NIST's post-quantum cryptographic standard which is expected in about 2 years.
There are 4 more are still under consideration to be included in the standard, but there isn't a clear date about when those results will be announced. Full details regarding NIST's announcement can be found
here.
The
Quantum-Safe Security Working Group will be hosting a discussion on this announcement on Tuesday, July 19 at 8am PT/ 5pm CEST / 11pm SGT. All are welcome to join (URL for the dial-in:
https://zoom.us/j/273085575).
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Hillary Baron
Sr Technical Director
CSA
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