Accelerating the Transition to Quantum-Safe Communication: A Call for Global Collaboration and Action Steady progress in quantum computing threatens our cybersecurity infrastructure and necessitates a faster transition to quantum-safe communication. Due to the international nature of communication networks, and the diverse range of stakeholders involved, this transition can only be successfully achieved through a structured… Read more »
June 25, 2025, Co-located with ACNS 2025, Munich, Germany This workshop aims to explore the synergies between (symmetric/asymmetric) quantum-safe and quantum cryptography. A leading example is the design of Hybrid Authenticated Key Exchange (HAKE) protocols that combine conventional, post-quantum, and quantum cryptography. While the topic is traditional, several new approaches have been proposed recently. The… Read more »
NIST has chosen a new algorithm for post-quantum encryption called HQC, which will serve as a backup for ML-KEM, the main algorithm for general encryption.HQC is based on different math than ML-KEM, which could be important if a weakness were discovered in ML-KEM. NIST plans to issue a draft standard incorporating the HQC algorithm in… Read more »
With malicious software on the rise, how can you be certain that a computer, server, or mobile device is running the code (and provisioning data) that was intended? You can’t just ask the code itself, so where do you start? The answer is deceptively simple – start where you have certainty and build up a chain… Read more »
German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has now certified a smart card Certified smartcards offer users verified and therefore trustworthy security functionality and cryptography. They are used in particular where high security requirements apply. These include ID cards, health cards, credit cards and SIM cards for cell phones. The German Federal Office for Information… Read more »
April 7-10, 2025 | Marriott Downtown at CF Toronto Eaton Centre, Canada Special Conference Edition: Racing Against the Global Quantum Deadline The 13th International Cryptographic Module Conference (ICMC) returns this spring at a pivotal moment for commercial cryptography. Future quantum computers pose a catastrophic threat to global infrastructure and markets by potentially breaking current encryption… Read more »
Utimaco is a German company, based in Aachen. Quantum Protect extends the u.trust General Purpose HSM Se-Series with proven and standardized Post Quantum Cryptography algorithms for a secure transition into the quantum era, featuring robust lattice-based and hash-based algorithms. For upfront evaluation and testing, a free simulator is available. Quantum Protect is the application package… Read more »
May 21, 2025, Tallinn, Estonian Academy of Sciences Introduction of the CHESS Future Cryptography Conference, The Cyber-security Excellence Hub in Estonia and South Moravia (CHESS) brings together leading R&I institutions in both regions to build connected innovation ecosystems to address one of the most important issues confronting Europe today: Cyber-security. Within the framework of this… Read more »
Mai 12-13, 2025, Garching near Munich Fraunhofer AISEC’s annual networking event on post-quantum cryptography Quantum computers could break common cryptographic procedures and protocols in the near future. This poses a major challenge to our competitiveness and technological sovereignty. In order to be prepared for this, the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Security AISEC operates… Read more »
Quantum computers are within reach and pose a serious threat to today’s data with increased protection requirements. Data that is worth protecting in the long term could already be stored today so that it can be decrypted later with the help of a quantum computer – according to the motto “Store now, decrypt later”. Previously… Read more »