Backward quantum cryptography migration! NIST announces 12 Partners

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In recent days, , It belongs to the National Institute of standards and Technology (NIST) National Center for cybersecurity excellence (NCCoE) , released “ Backward quantum cryptography migration ” (PQC) Selected in the project 12 Partners , Further emphasize the organization's commitment to PQC Attention to the project .

As early as PQC When the project starts ,NIST Post quantum cryptography （ Also known as anti quantum cryptography ） A systematic analysis is carried out . They pointed out that , In the past thirty years , Public key cryptography has become an indispensable part of the global communication digital infrastructure , For example, in mobile communication 、 Internet Commerce 、 Areas such as social networking and Cloud Computing .

Most communication protocols mainly rely on three core encryption technologies ： Public key encryption 、 Digital signature and secret key exchange . The security of these cryptosystems depends on the difficulty of some problems , For example, Integer Decomposition 、 Complex problems such as discrete logarithm . But quantum computing will solve these problems and make these encryption systems no longer secure . Although the question of when to build a large quantum computer is complex and controversial , But in order to resist the devastating challenges that quantum computing will bring to Cryptography in the future , from now on , We must start to deploy a secure migration to anti quantum computing encryption system .

The influence of quantum computing on commonly used cryptographic algorithms （ picture source ：NIST）

PQC The project is committed to providing white papers for the organization 、 Guides and various tools , Provide “ automation ” help . at present ,NIST Has been announced for PQC The preferred Recommendation Algorithm . However, there is still a lot of work to be done , For example, abandon the use of tradition RSA Encrypted module , Instead, insert a new algorithm .NIST Will explore quantum / Stability of classical encryption algorithm implementation 、 Expansibility and security , And identify areas that need to be upgraded , So as to provide a systematic method to migrate to anti Quantum Algorithm .

In order to promote the development of the project ,NCCoE Creating project partner alliance , And according to the cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) To determine the 12 Partners . Here are the selected 12 companies ：

Amazon Internet service company Amazon Web Services

The United States Cisco Systems Cisco Systems

Canadian cyber security company Crypto4A

French password security management software company Cryptosense SA

Canadian cyber security company InfoSec Global 

Quantum security Canada ISARA

The United States Microsoft company Microsoft

South Korea ICT company samsung SDS 

American quantum AI company  SandboxAQ 

American encryption solutions Thales DIS CPL USA

US data security provider Thales Trusted Cyber Technologies 

American cloud computing company VMware

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edit ： Mu Yi

notes ： Ben Translated from “NCCoE”, Do not represent Quantum outpost view .