After a great discussion in Japan\u00a0at the\u00a07th Annual Post-Quantum Crypto\u00a0Conference (PQCrypto 2016) back in February,\u00a0NIST has taken the next\u00a0step and announced they are seeking additional\u00a0input and comments on their draft proposal\u00a0for “Post-Quantum Cryptography: Proposed Requirements and\u00a0Evaluation Criteria”.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a Federal Register Notice<\/a><\/span>\u00a0requesting comments on a proposed process to solicit, evaluate, and standardize one or more quantum-resistant public-key cryptographic algorithms. Current algorithms are vulnerable to attacks from large-scale quantum computers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The purpose of the notice is to solicit comments on the draft minimum acceptability requirements, submission requirements, evaluation criteria, and evaluation process of candidate algorithms from the public, the cryptographic community, academic\/research communities, manufacturers, voluntary standards organizations, and Federal, state, and local government organizations so that their needs can be considered in the process of developing new public-key cryptography standards.”<\/span><\/p>\n

All comments are due on\u00a0September 16, 2016<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

For additional\u00a0Post-Quantum crypto insight\u00a0you can view all the<\/span>\u00a0presentations as well as the open forum speaking panel<\/a><\/span> from the PQCrypto 2016\u00a0conference. The topic of “NIST’s Plan for the Future” – featuring Dustin Moody, Ray Perlner, and Daniel Smith-Tone provides additional information as panel members field questions from the audience, including questions specific to FIPS 140-2.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information on product security, remember to follow Corsec\u00a0on Twitter<\/a><\/span>, Facebook<\/a><\/span>, and LinkedIn<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a great discussion in Japan\u00a0at the\u00a07th Annual Post-Quantum Crypto\u00a0Conference (PQCrypto 2016) back in February,\u00a0NIST has taken the next\u00a0step and announced they are seeking additional\u00a0input and comments on their draft proposal\u00a0for “Post-Quantum Cryptography: Proposed Requirements … <\/p>\n

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