Discussion of Cryptography, the Quantum Computing Threat, and What NIST Is Doing for Us Cryptographers scramble to protect the internet from attackers armed with quantum computers Excerpts and salient points ~ + A full-fledged quantum computer is still years, if not decades, away. But developers […]
NIST’s Post-quantum Cryptography Semi-finals This Week Bitcoin’s race to outrun the quantum computer In brief… + Want to steal some Bitcoin? All you need to do is find your victim’s 16-character public key and calculate their private key by solving something called an “elliptic curve […]
Silicon of the Quantum Information Age Newfound Superconductor Material Could Be the ‘Silicon of Quantum Computers’ Full release… A potentially useful material for building quantum computers has been unearthed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), whose scientists have found a superconductor that […]
Fast Fourier Transform, Quantum Fourier Transform, Next Quantum Algorithm… Quantum interference in the service of information technology Excerpts and salient points ~ + Scientists from the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, in collaboration with the University of Oxford and NIST, have shown that quantum […]
NIST Publishes “How-to” for Shifting Cryptographic Methods Ala Protect Systems from Quantum Computing. Last week the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology released Special Publication 800-131A Revision 2, “Transitioning the Use of Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Lengths”. The document addresses not only the possibility […]
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology Post-quantum Computing Project Update. FCW is reporting the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Chief of the Computer Security Division, Matthew Scholl, discussed current the post-quantum cryptography standardization project during a briefing to the Information Security […]
NIST Approves “Future Proof” Encryption Protocol. CipherLoc Corporation, a provider of highly secure, quantum-safe data protection technology, today announced FIPS 140-2 (Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2) validation certificate #3381 has been awarded to the CipherLoc Polymorphic Encryption Engine Core solution by the National Institute of […]
Entangling Two Photons Serving Two Distinct Purposes. Diligent efforts at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology have produced entangled photons of two different wavelengths. The image below and the following explanation sum up this creative device. By carefully engineering the geometry of a micrometer-scale, […]
NIST Narrows Candidate Quantum-resistant Algorithms. On the last day of January, 2019, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology released its latest list of quantum-resistant algorithms. Now, well into the process, the NIST goal is to select one or more public-key crypto algorithms and make […]
60 Carbon Atoms Contain an Entire Quantum Computer; or so might one think, if fully understanding and controlling the buckminsterfullerene were to come to fruition. The most symmetric molecule known, the “buckyball” is both small enough to observe quantum mechanical principles and large enough to […]
Mounting Concern Over Quantum Supremacy. Basic discussion over the concern of quantum computing’s likely supremacy over classical systems and the implications to current data encryption. Reference is found at jaxenter…
Less than 20 years to Quantum Supremacy. 20 or More Years to Implement Quantum Resistant Encryption. Adopting quantum-resistant encryption by your enterprise could take 20 years. By then, quantum computers could be in the hands of hackers or malicious nation-states. With your organization’s data and […]
Risk and Mitigations for Quantum Computing Enterprise Systems. What is the scope of the quantum computing risk to your cryptographic infrastructure? This report looks at the issues related to all of your business systems. It encompasses transaction systems including external businesses and those for […]
McAfee’s Chief Technology Officer Expresses Post-Quantum Concerns. If you’re going to build an airplane, you need to build wings, body, and engines; building them in parallel is logical. Shouldn’t this be applied to NIST’s post-quantum cryptography algorithm effort? This report is found here at […]
NIST Device Measures Amount of Nothing. NIST has developed a portable device to measure extreme vacuum in a space. Trapped ions, magneto-optical traps, and cold-atom vacuum standards (CAVS) all play a part in this aspect of quantum information science research and development. This report is […]
Maybe NIST Will Save Us. Quick recap of what and why the concern for quantum supremacy. (And a thought that the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology will save us). The deep thoughts are found here at TechBeacon…
NIST and SRI International to Lead U.S. Quantum Economic Development Consortium. Recent focus on quantum computing and the U.S.’s perceived lagging behind China’s efforts have accelerated the White House to push research and development of this nascent technology. The Department of Commerce has directed […]