Latest Quantum Security, PQC, Post-Quantum, Crypto-Agility News
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Oct- 2022 -20 OctoberPolicy & Sovereignty
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 SeptemberPolicy & Sovereignty
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 MayPolicy & Sovereignty
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
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 MayPolicy & Sovereignty
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
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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