US Government Escalates Push for Post-Quantum Cryptography

[JulioPulgar]

Federal agencies of the US government are expanding their calls for quantum computing resistant encryption methods. In effect, the National Institute of Standards (NIST) recently announced a request for public-key post-quantum algorithms, Moreover, in the near future, it might possible for anyone to manipulate the awesome power of quantum computing. The astronomical price of a quantum computer would not be a limitation because, for example, IBM is offering to the general public quantum computing via the cloud.

https://news.bitcoin.com/us-government- ... ptography/

[nandibear]

Thanks for posting. Sounds like an interesting story and I will check it out more when I get off work this evening. I'm always interested in Bitcoin/cryptography/encryption stories which involve the US Gov.

[nandibear]

Interesting to read that NIST (i.e., National Institute of Standards and Technology) is getting involved. Also from one of the attached PDFs - NIST has decided that it is prudent to begin developing standards for post-quantum cryptography now ... Also interesting at a personal level because I was recently considering accepting a job in which I'd need to be NIST certified.

Attached PDF - http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/post-qua ... c-2016.pdf

More about NIST from Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_ ... Technology