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If you're in the financial industry or provide cryptographic services for it, this is a webinar you should consider attending. Happening tomorrow, April 2nd.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has officially selected HQC (Hamming Quasi-Cyclic) as the fifth algorithm for post-quantum encryption, serving as a backup for ML-KEM, the main algorithm for general encryption. #HQC is a code-based encryption scheme that adds another layer of diversity to the post-quantum cryptographic toolbox. This selection reinforces the importance of preparing for a future where quantum computers could break classical public-key cryptography. Read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/ekaFzbdb What are your thoughts on this latest selection? #PQC #PostQuantum #Cryptography #QuantumSecurity #Cybersecurity #NIST #QuantumComputing #CyberResilience

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Releases New White Paper on Crypto Agility – Open for Public Comment NIST has published Cybersecurity White Paper (CSWP) 39, Considerations for Achieving Crypto Agility, which is open for public comment until April 30, 2025. The paper defines crypto agility as the ability to replace and adapt cryptographic algorithms across systems, software, and hardware without disrupting operations—a critical capability for maintaining security and resilience. The authors advocate for a systems approach that enables seamless transitions to new algorithms while ensuring security and usability. Key takeaways: - Crypto agility impacts everyone—from cryptographers and developers to implementers and practitioners. - Past cryptographic transitions (e.g., DES to AES, SHA-1 to SHA-2) highlight the complexity and cost of change. - Post-quantum cryptography (PQC) presents new challenges, making agility more crucial than ever. - Organizations should develop a crypto agility strategy to proactively manage cryptographic risks. This paper is a must-read for those shaping the future of cryptographic security. Download it now and share your feedback with NIST before the deadline! #PQC #CryptoAgility #Cybersecurity #PKI #Cryptography #PostQuantum #NIST #DigitalTrust #RiskManagement #InfoSec #Encryption #SecurityByDesign #QuantumSafe #TechInnovation #SecureInfrastructure #CyberResilience

Microsoft has announced its new quantum chip, Majorana 1, featuring a new Topological Core architecture. The company believes this development brings them closer to realizing quantum computers capable of solving industrial-scale problems in the near future. Key points from Microsoft: • Scalability: According to Microsoft, the Majorana 1 processor architecture offers a potential path to fitting a million qubits on a single, palm-sized chip. The company states that this threshold is needed for quantum computers to deliver real-world solutions. • New Material: Microsoft says that Majorana 1 utilizes the “world’s first topoconductor,” a material that can observe and control Majorana particles to produce more reliable and scalable qubits. • “Transistor for the quantum age”: Chetan Nayak, Microsoft Technical Fellow, stated that the goal for Majorana 1 was to invent “the transistor for the quantum age”. According to Microsoft, the chip leverages a new type of material to create more stable qubits that can be digitally controlled. The company believes this approach is a more fault-tolerant way to scale quantum computing. Microsoft also shares examples such as “breaking down microplastics into harmless byproducts or inventing self-healing materials for construction, manufacturing or healthcare,” as potential real-world solutions. Microsoft’s research in this area has been ongoing for 17 years. The company has published its research in Nature. Learn more about Microsoft’s announcement: https://lnkd.in/ep56FYci What are your thoughts on this announcement? Share your perspectives in the comments. 👇 #quantumcomputing #microsoft #innovation #technology #futuretech #majorana1 #topologicalqubits

🚀 Exciting News! 🚀 The PKIC.org Post-Quantum Cryptography Conference session presentations and videos are now available! 📽️🔐 Catch up on groundbreaking insights from top experts in the field. Whether you attended live or missed a session, you can now revisit these key discussions and stay ahead in the evolving world of post-quantum cryptography. 🎥 Watch the videos and access the presentations (by clicking on the session titles): https://lnkd.in/edHgmsMD A huge thank you to Sven Rajala for the incredible work in editing these videos! 🙌 We’d love to hear from you! Take a moment to share your feedback: https://lnkd.in/eKDmHNf8 📝 💡 Support the Future of PQC! We encourage the community to consider sponsoring PKIC.org to help advance post-quantum cryptography. Your sponsorship ensures these critical conversations continue! Learn more about sponsorship opportunities: https://lnkd.in/efXjNGZV #PKIC #PQC #Cybersecurity #QuantumComputing #Cryptography

✨ A New Milestone for PKIC.org! ✨ We’re thrilled to announce a record-breaking 2,191 registrations for the January 2025 PKI Consortium Post-Quantum Cryptography Conference in Austin! 🚀 Thank you to everyone who joined us for this incredible event packed with insightful sessions and groundbreaking presentations. 🎥 Missed the event? Don’t worry! Videos of the sessions and presentations will be released soon for those who registered. 📢 Didn’t register yet? There’s still time to get access to the exclusive content! 👉 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eMw8Vm8h Let’s keep pushing the boundaries of post-quantum cryptography together. 💡 #Cybersecurity #PostQuantumCryptography #PKIConsortium #Innovation

We inadvertently did not post one of our best breakout session presentations yesterday. Mila Anastasova and Panos Kampanakis presented, The impact of ML-KEM and ML-DSA on mTLS connection Time-to-Last-Byte. Speakers: Mila Anastasova - Applied Scientist at Amazon Web Services (AWS) Panos Kampanakis - Principal Security Engineer, Applied Scientist at Amazon Web Services (AWS) Abstract: Multiple studies have evaluated the impact of PQC algorithms in TLS 1.3. These studies have been focusing on server authentication with PQC signatures. To our knowledge, there has been no study focusing on mTLS authentication where the client sends a PQ certificate chain as well. Such connections could be used in Zero Trust Architectures where the client opens multiple connections to various destinations each of which uses mTLS authentication. These sessions will be double impacted by the size of the “authentication data” travelling both directions. This presentation will share experimental results of the Time-to-Last-Byte (TTLB) of mTLS connections using ML-KEM and ML-DSA and transferring small and larger amounts of data. We will evaluate different round-trips, network bandwidth and TCP initial congestion windows. We will discuss the effect of PQC on mTLS sessions and compare it to previous experiments on typical TLS connections. We will cover potential mTLS use-cases that will suffer more than others and ways to improve them.

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Thank you Yarkin Doroz - Product Manager at NVIDIA just talked about Accelerated Quantum Supercomputing and Post-Quantum Cryptography Accelerated computing is revolutionizing numerous fields, including quantum computing (QC) and artificial intelligence (AI), and is also set to accelerate the development of robust post-quantum cryptographic solutions. This talk explores how cutting-edge AI techniques are addressing challenges within QC across the hardware and software stack to create more optimized circuits, bringing practical quantum computers one step closer. Additionally, this talk will cover how GPU-based acceleration serves as a safeguard against emerging quantum cryptographic threats. We will reveal how GPU-based algorithms are accelerating cryptographic research by examining technical challenges in parallelizing cryptographic workloads across GPUs, managing memory bandwidth, optimizing performance, and overcoming hardware limitations. We will also highlight how these technologies are accelerating QC research. Real-world applications in sectors such as finance, healthcare, and data privacy will be showcased, demonstrating the practical benefits of AI, QC, and PQC.

In the breakout room, Nils Gerhardt is talking about Securing Data in the Quantum Era: From the Root of Trust to Protecting Ecosystems Nils Gerhardt - Chief Technology Officer at Utimaco With advancements in Quantum Computing, the security of our data relies heavily on robust cryptographic solutions. Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) with integrated Post-Quantum Cryptographic (PQC) algorithms become center stage for securing data in the Quantum Computing Era. Besides providing PQC algorithms, HSMs also secure and automate key distribution for “complex to manage” stateful hash-based signature algorithms and provide hardware acceleration to meet modern applications’ cryptographic needs. Taking those advancements as starting point, the talk will shift gear and explore how security systems, comprising of software and hardware, use Post Quantum primitives to secure their operation. Important systems include Key Management, PKI, and File & Folder Encryption. The role of each system in the security framework will be discussed, focusing on specific PQC requirements. The talk continues to move to the solution level, and will provide insights and lessons learned for the needs and challenges of securing an inter-banking system, a project currently at the research stage. By the end of the session, attendees will have a good overview on the capabilities of cryptographic components, how those capabilities can be used by security solutions and what is needed next, to secure whole “Ecosystems” against Quantum Computer attacks on today’s cryptography.