Taking Contactless Payments to a New Level, Mastercard to Deliver Quantum-Resistant Cards
The protections and purchasing power of contactless payments took a step forward as Mastercard announced the approval of the first cards for issuers that are compatible with the new EMVCo® contactless specifications designed to protect against attacks from both traditional and quantum computers.
WISeKey: Substantial Implementation Progress of Post-quantum Algorithms in Secure Semiconductors
The WISeKey’s team of experts is working with several NIST’s candidates for the MS600X Common Criteria products: Crystals-Kyber for key exchange mechanism, and Crystals-Dilithium for signatures.
While Nobody Can Be Certain if Quantum Computing Will Ever Really Pose a Security Risk Itself, Quantum Apocalypse Prep Surely Will
Someday — maybe in five, 10 or 20 years — mega-powerful computing systems that harness the very weird properties of quantum mechanics could achieve the unthinkable, and obliterate the current methods of encryption that the internet depends on for security.
Thales’ Falcon Algorithm Is a New Standard in Post-quantum Cryptography
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
G-7 Overlords Are Not Overlooking the Quantum Threat, but It Takes 21+ Pages of Word Salad to Get There [PDF]
G-7 overlords are not overlooking the quantum threat, but it takes 21+ pages of word salad to get there.
Test Post-Quantum Cryptography Algorithms Now, Cybersecurity Experts Say
Agencies should test post-quantum cryptography algorithms with their software and decide whether information security benefits outweigh the efficiency losses ahead of a federally mandated transition, according to security experts.
The Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act
Proposed legislation helps future proof current sensitive information databases.
U.S. Department of Defense Looks to Address Quantum Computing’s Threat to Encryption
Defense Department must assess threats posed by quantum computers Key points… + The U.S. Department of Defense must assess the national security threats posed by quantum computing, under the new annual defense policy. + The fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, which became law New Year’s Day after the Senate overrode President Donald Trump’s veto, […]
Preparing for the Post-Quantum Era, JPMorgan and Visa Get to Work
Visa, JPMorgan Are Already Preparing for Potential Quantum Cyberattacks Key points… + Experts say quantum-computing cyberattacks could be more than a decade away, based on the technology’s rate of progress, but the consequences could be so severe that companies and cryptographers world-wide are preparing now. Visa Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., for example, are […]
Scotiabank, Xanadu, BMO Group Explore Migrating to Quantum-Safe Encryption
Scotiabank, Xanadu, BMO Group Explore Migrating to Quantum-Safe Encryption Scotiabank gears up for the quantum computing age Excerpts and salient points ~ + Scotiabank has been working with BMO Group and Toronto-based photonic quantum computing specialist Xanadu to explore how to increase the speed and accuracy of computations in trading. The proof-of-concept used an algorithm […]