NIST announces international Post-Quantum Cryptography standards using PQShield algorithms
Demand for quantum-ready solutions has been on the rise as companies seek to defend against security threats
LONDON —The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced the outcome of its post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standardization project. The new draft standards are all schemes contributed to by the advisory board and researchers at PQShield, a U.K.-headquartered cybersecurity company specializing in post-quantum cryptography. PQShield team members also advised on all other algorithms developed as part of the NIST standardization process, including the following.
Of these, CRYSTALS-KYBER was chosen by NIST as the new standard for public key encryption/KEMs. Falcon, CRYSTALS-Dilithium, and SPHINCS+ will all be standardized for digital signatures.