“Thales’ solution is the first quantum-resistant smartcard in Europe to receive high-level security certification, underscoring its commitment to staying ahead of emerging cyber risks in the quantum era”, as announced by Thales. Commented by the French Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI):“This first certification for a solution incorporating post-quantum cryptography reflects ANSSI’s commitment to supporting innovation, while upholding… Read more »

Advancement announcement in the Signal blog Messenger Signal, represented by software engineer Graeme Connell and research engineer Rolfe Schmidt announces a significant advancement in the security of the Signal Protocol: the introduction of the Sparse Post Quantum Ratchet (SPQR). This new ratchet enhances the Signal Protocol’s resilience against future quantum computing threats while maintaining our… Read more »

Announcement of the standard RFC 9794 published in the NCSC blog From the webpage:The NCSC’s contribution to the Internet Engineering Task Force will help to make the internet more secure. To contribute to the international effort to ensure a smooth and secure migration to PQC, the NCSC has taken an active role in the development… Read more »

Announced by Yarkin Doroz (Nvidia) on the blog of the Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance NVIDIA announces the release of cuPQC SDK v0.4, which brings significant enhancements and new capabilities to the cuPQC library. This release focuses on primitives that will aid the Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance (PQCA) in promoting quantum-safe cryptographic solutions and advancing post-quantum cryptography (PQC)… Read more »

Announced online on the press realease pages by ETSI The ETSI Board has recently approved the creation of a new Technical Committee on Quantum Technologies (TC QT) marking a significant milestone in ETSI’s commitment to advancing the underlying framework of standards for quantum technologies across numerous quantum-related domains. Key Areas of Activity: ETSI is one… Read more »

In response to the global challenge of the transition to quantum-resilient cryptography, FS-ISAC, the member-driven, not-for-profit organization that advances cybersecurity and resilience in the global financial system, today published The Timeline for Post Quantum Cryptographic Migration, detailing the importance of establishing a global transition timeline for the financial sector’s migration. Full text and more information… Read more »

GitHub is introducing post-quantum secure key exchange methods for SSH access to better protect Git data in transit. Announcement published in the github blog From the webpage:“Today, we’re announcing some changes that will improve the security of accessing Git data over SSH. What’s changing? We’re adding a new post-quantum secure SSH key exchange algorithm, known… Read more »

Neutral atom arrays have recently emerged as a promising platform for fault-tolerant quantum computing. Based on these advances, including dynamically-reconfigurable connectivity and fast transversal operations, we present a low-overhead architecture that supports the layout and resource estimation of large-scale fault-tolerant quantum algorithms. Utilizing recent advances in fault tolerance with transversal gate operations, this architecture achieves… Read more »