{"id":4841,"date":"2024-08-13T15:38:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T20:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/endpoint-security\/nist-finalizes-post-quantum-encryption-standards"},"modified":"2024-08-13T15:38:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T20:38:20","slug":"nist-finalizes-post-quantum-encryption-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/index.php\/2024\/08\/13\/nist-finalizes-post-quantum-encryption-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"NIST Finalizes Post-Quantum Encryption Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Three new encryption algorithms to bolster global cybersecurity efforts against future attacks using quantum technologies were <\/span>published today<\/a><\/span> by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The new standards are designed for two tasks: general encryption and digital signatures. <\/span><\/p>\n

These new standards are the culmination of an eight-year effort from the agency to tap the best minds in cybersecurity to devise the next generation of cryptography strong enough to withstand quantum computers. Experts expect quantum computers capable of breaking current current cryptographic algorithms within a decade. The <\/span>new standards<\/a><\/span>, the first released by NIST\u2019s post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standardization project, are published on the department\u2019s website. The documents contain the algorithms\u2019 computer code, instructions for how to implement them in products and in encryption systems, and use cases for each. <\/span><\/p>\n

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