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 »
The continued advancement of experimental quantum computing has raised concerns about the security of many of the world’s widely-used public-key cryptography systems. Crucially, there exists the potential for sufficiently large, cryptographically-relevant quantum computers to break these algorithms. This potential highlights the need for developers to build and implement quantum-resistant cryptography now. Fortunately, post-quantum cryptography (PQC)… Read more »
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March 28, 2025 Today the official kick off meeting of the project on Quantum-Proofing European Public Administrations (Q-PrEP) took place online. 29 attendees from several countries within the EU came together and had a lively and worthful discussion on security challenges, especially in public and other digital infrastructure. After a brief welcome and introduction to… Read more »