Hi All,
NIST just published NISTIR 8413, Status Report on the Third Round of the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process,
NIST has completed the third round of the Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) standardization process, which selects public-key cryptographic algorithms to protect information through the advent of quantum computers. A total of four candidate algorithms have been selected for standardization: CRYSTALS-KYBER, CRYSTALS-Dilithium, FALCON, and SPHINCS+. Four additional algorithms will continue into the fourth round for further evaluation: BIKE, Classic McEliece, HQC, and SIKE.
NISTIR 8413, Status Report on the Third Round of the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process, details the selection rationale and is also available on the NIST PQC webpage (https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/post-quantum-cryptography).
See the full announcement for more details (https://csrc.nist.gov/News/2022/pqc-candidates-to-be-standardized-and-round-4), including a discussion of a Fourth PQC Conference and an upcoming call for additional quantum-resistant digital signature algorithms. Questions may be directed to
[email protected].
@Paul Rich
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Michael Roza CPA, CISA, CIA, MBA, Exec MBA
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