Latest Quantum Security, PQC, Post-Quantum, Crypto-Agility News
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Dec- 2022 -23 DecemberQuantum Policy, Standards & Regulation News
Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act
On December 21, 2022, President Joe Biden officially signed H.R.7535, known as the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act, into law. This legislation urges federal agencies to upgrade their technologies to defend against potential quantum computing threats. The act is a crucial step in the United States’ strategy to enhance its cybersecurity infrastructure in anticipation of advancements in quantum computing, which…
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15 DecemberQuantum Security & PQC News
2022 Quantum Threat Timeline Report Published
The “2022 Quantum Threat Timeline Report” by the Global Risk Institute, authored by Dr. Michele Mosca and Dr. Marco Piani from evolutionQ Inc. was just published. This report provides analysis of the quantum threat landscape and tries to predict the arrival of the Q-Day by polling a number of global quantum computing experts. The report emphasizes the urgent need for…
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Nov- 2022 -20 NovemberQuantum Policy, Standards & Regulation News
White House Memo Urges Federal Agencies to Prepare for Post-Quantum Cryptography
November 20, 2022 - The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued a new memorandum that could reshape federal cybersecurity for the coming quantum era. OMB Memorandum M-23-02, titled "Migrating to Post-Quantum Cryptography," was released on November 18, 2022 and directs U.S. federal agencies to begin the urgent process of preparing their systems for post-quantum cryptography (PQC).…
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Oct- 2022 -20 OctoberQuantum Policy, Standards & Regulation News
ENISA Publishes “Post-Quantum Cryptography – Integration study”
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has released a report titled “Post-Quantum Cryptography – Integration Study,” offering a comprehensive look at the challenges and necessities of integrating post-quantum cryptographic systems. This publication follows ENISA’s 2021 study on the current state of post-quantum cryptography and aims to provide a clearer understanding of the post-standardization landscape. The report highlights the critical…
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Sep- 2022 -10 SeptemberQuantum Policy, Standards & Regulation News
NSA Unveils CNSA 2.0 Post-Quantum Algorithm Suite
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has officially announced the release of the Commercial National Security Algorithm Suite 2.0 (CNSA 2.0), a new set of cryptographic standards designed to protect sensitive systems against future quantum-enabled cyber threats. The NSA’s cybersecurity advisory notifies National Security System (NSS) owners, operators, and vendors of the quantum-resistant (QR) algorithms that will replace current legacy…
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May- 2022 -7 MayQuantum Policy, Standards & Regulation News
White House – Quantum Related National Security Memorandum
On May 4, 2022, the White House issued a significant policy directive through the “National Security Memorandum on Promoting United States Leadership in Quantum Computing While Mitigating Risks to Vulnerable Cryptographic Systems” or NSM-10. The memorandum highlights the urgency of developing quantum-resistant cryptographic systems to protect against potential threats posed by quantum computers, which could compromise current cryptographic defenses. This policy…
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Oct- 2021 -1 OctoberQuantum Security & PQC News
RSA-2048 Cracked in 177 Days With ~13K Processing Qubits? New Preprint Trades Qubits for Quantum Memory.
A new preprint by Elie Gouzien and Nicolas Sangouard proposes an architectural trade: replace the “millions of qubits in one giant chip” model with a small quantum processor plus a very large multimode quantum memory. Under optimistic - but clearly stated - fault-tolerance assumptions, the authors estimate that factoring an RSA-2048 integer could be done in ~177 days with ~13,436 physical qubits in the processor, provided…
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May- 2021 -15 MayQuantum Policy, Standards & Regulation News
ENISA Publishes “Post-Quantum Cryptography” Report
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has recently published a report titled “Post-Quantum Cryptography: Current State and Quantum Mitigation.” This study offers a detailed overview of the current progress in the standardization process of Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), crucial for safeguarding digital communications against the emerging threat posed by quantum computing capabilities. The report categorizes and explores the five principal…
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Apr- 2021 -16 AprilResearch News
Breaking RSA-2048 With 20M Noisy Qubit
An interesting paper was published on arXiv, the preprint server. Titled “How to factor 2048 bit RSA integers in 8 hours using 20 million noisy qubits,” the paper by Craig Gidney and Martin Ekerå combines previous techniques from Shor (1994), Griffiths-Niu (1996), Zalka (2006), Fowler (2012), Ekerå-Håstad (2017), Ekerå (2017, 2018), Gidney-Fowler (2019), and Gidney (2019) to significantly reduce the…
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