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ETSI/IQC Whitepaper: Preparing for a quantum safe future

Exectuive perspectives on the transition of cyber infrastructures and busines practices to ensure security in the imminent quantum era. Whitepaper PDF available online at: https://www.etsi.org/e-brochure/ETSI-QSC-Report-2025/mobile/index.html#p=1 By ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) & IQC (Institute for Quantum Computing) Also advertiesed (incl. some excerpts from the main text) on LinkedIn by ETSI https://www.linkedin.com/posts/etsi_etsi-white-paper-preparing-for-a-quantum-activity-7318544831675260929-SkjO/. Origin: https://www.etsi.org/Picture: Wesley Tingey at… Read more »

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The Qday Prize

Project 11 has started a competition on: Can you break ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) by means of Shor’s Algorithm? Project 11 is an applied lab of builders and technologists at the intersection of quantum computing and cryptography formed in 2024 with the foresight of the coming collision of these two foundational digital technologies.[…] – Alex Pruden,… Read more »

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XJTLU team sets code-breaking record for testing post-quantum online security

On 4 March, a research team led by Professor Jintai Ding, Dean of the School of Mathematics and Physics at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), set a new code-breaking world record for the Lattice Shortest Vector Problem (SVP) in the International Open Darmstadt SVP Challenge. This marks a significant achievement in strengthening cybersecurity in the age… Read more »

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New Encryption to Fend Off Tomorrow’s Quantum Threats

Method for Key Exchange Enables Cost-effective and Tap-proof Communication Quantum computers are a specter for future data security because they might break many of today’s encryption methods. Among other things, this will affect encrypted emails, messenger services, or online banking. Together with partners, researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a method that… Read more »

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Status of European roadmap on PQC has been presented

At the INCYBER FORUM EUROPE in April Heike Hagemeier (BMI, BSI) and Anita Wehmann (Dutch Ministry of the Interior), both from the European Workstream on PQC, presented the status of the PQC roadmap for the EU: “acting upon the quantum threat now!” The European Commission issued a Recommendation on Post-Quantum Cryptography on April 11, 2024… Read more »

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Google and BSI work on secure cloud solutions for the public sector

Google Cloud and the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) signed a strategic cooperation agreement in February 2025. The aim is to support the development and provision of secure and sovereign cloud solutions for federal, state and local authorities. A particular focus of the agreement is on ensuring data sovereignty. The solutions developed are… Read more »

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Timelines for migration to post-quantum cryptography

Activities which organisations must carry out to migrate safely to post-quantum cryptography in the coming years. Executive summary The national migration to post-quantum cryptography (PQC), mitigating the threat from future quantum computers, is a mass technology change that will take a number of years. The NCSC recognises the need both to offer guidance on some… Read more »

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German federal budget: IT security to be largely exempt from the debt brake

The CDU/CSU, SPD and the green party have agreed on a financial package that loosens the debt brake. This includes the budget for IT security: it is no longer to be counted towards the debt brake if expenditure exceeds 1% of gross domestic product in future. The same regulation applies to expenditure for the German… Read more »

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Call for action on PQC by the Think7

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 »

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Workshop on Quantum-Safe Hybrid Cryptography

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 »

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