NIST Selects Post-Quantum Encryption Algorithms
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, heralded the official selection of a few crypto suites that are quantum resilient to help the process of preparing for the greatest cyber threat that will face the country in the near future.
The post-quantum encryption algorithms include CRYSTALS-KYBER as the public-key encapsulation mechanism and three digital signature schemes which have proven resilient to the theoretical level of attacks expected from quantum computers that might be developed in the next decade or two. FIPS 203 uses a form of cryptography called Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism (ML-KEM), derived from the CRYSTALS-KYBER standard. FIPS 204 and 205 are digital signature schemes derived from CRYSTALS-Dilithium and SPHINCS+.
NIST plans to develop one more of these schemes using the FALCON submission in the near future. Read more about this story on our LinkedIn page
The post-quantum encryption algorithms include CRYSTALS-KYBER as the public-key encapsulation mechanism and three digital signature schemes which have proven resilient to the theoretical level of attacks expected from quantum computers that might be developed in the next decade or two. FIPS 203 uses a form of cryptography called Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism (ML-KEM), derived from the CRYSTALS-KYBER standard. FIPS 204 and 205 are digital signature schemes derived from CRYSTALS-Dilithium and SPHINCS+.
NIST plans to develop one more of these schemes using the FALCON submission in the near future. Read more about this story on our LinkedIn page