U.S. CISA released a new CISA Insight, Preparing Critical Infrastructure for Post-Quantum Cryptography, which provides critical infrastructure and government network owners and operators an overview of the potential impacts from quantum computing to National Critical Functions and the recommended actions they should take now to begin preparing for the transition.
“In the hands of adversaries, sophisticated quantum computers could threaten U.S. national security if we do not begin to prepare now for the new post-quantum cryptographic standard,” CISA says.
Civil-rights firm Loevy & Loevy has now filed suit on [D. J. Bernstein’s] behalf in federal court, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to force NIST to comply with the law.
[E]ncryption algorithm that was supposed to stand up to attacks from the future’s most powerful computers was recently laid low by a much simpler machine.
The more people try to attack the new PQC algorithms and fail, the more likely it is that they are secure.
What should CISOs be doing to prepare for the risks of quantum computers and to comply with NSM-10 requirements?
Scott Bledsoe, CEO at Theon, said while passing of the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act is a symbolic move in the right direction, it may be just a little too late.
The key takeaway from the recent NIST announcement is that the NIST algorithms finally bring clarity and certainty to the business community as they transition from algorithms such as RSA encryption to a new, tangible PQC framework.
Thales has been at the forefront of post-quantum cryptography research since 2013, and the selection of the Falcon algorithm by NIST is great recognition of the excellent co-development work and expertise of our crypto teams
These encryption tools have been chosen to protect digital systems, networks, and devices from current threats, store now decrypt later attacks on sensitive data, and future quantum computing hacks.
