NIST confirms details of Post-Quantum Cryptographic Algorithms; secure yourself today with SECQAI’s Q-Locked System on Chip which incorporates these standards

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London – UK. Today the US’ National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published significant Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), standardising cryptography requirements for US Federal agencies and others, to address the threat of a Cryptanalytically Relevant Quantum Computer (CRQC). The three publications to note from today are as follows:

• FIPS 203: Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism Standard

• FIPS 204: Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Standard

• FIPS 205: Stateless Hash-Based Digital Signature Standard

This standardisation effort has been ongoing since 2016 with multiple rounds of public consultation, involving experts from around the world. The goal was to ensure the development of secure encryption algorithms resistant to the threat of a CRQC breaking public key cryptography systems which are currently in use. This would pose an existential threat to the safety of our economies, infrastructure, governments and broader population.

“It’s critically important for us all to rapidly adopt the standards defined by NIST under FIPS 203, 204 and 205. It’s not just the adoption of the algorithms themselves which is important, but it’s also the hardware and software implementation. We’ve seen attack vectors, including side channel attacks, first hand, which could otherwise be prevented with the right implementation” said Rahul Tyagi, Founder & CEO at SECQAI. “SECQAI’s Q-Locked System on Chip is enabling companies to do this, from the data centre all the way to the edge.”

About NIST

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was founded in 1901 and is now part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. NIST is one of the nation's oldest physical science laboratories. Congress established the agency to remove a major challenge to U.S. industrial competitiveness at the time — a second-rate measurement infrastructure that lagged behind the capabilities of the United Kingdom, Germany and other economic rivals.

Visit: https://www.nist.gov/

About NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography standardisation efforts

Visit: https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/post-quantum-cryptography

• NIST Press release on Post Quantum Encryption Standards: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/08/nist-releases-first-3-finalized-post-quantum-encryption-standards

Standardisation has occurred under the following Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publications:   

• FIPS 203: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.203.pdf

• FIPS 204: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.204.pdf

• FIPS 205: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.205.pdf

About SECQAI

SECQAI is a British semiconductor company focused on fixing today's and tomorrow's security vulnerabilities from the ground up. We enable the next generation of secure computing at the edge through our groundbreaking products.

SECQAI’s flagship product, the “Q-Locked” System on Chip (SOC), is the most secure semiconductor device ever designed. Using memory safe architectures, with Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC), we enable you to secure your connected devices, wherever they may be.

Visit: https://www.secqai.com