Post-quantum cryptography standards (ML-KEM, ML-DSA)
Estándares de criptografía poscuántica (ML-KEM, ML-DSA)
- Date
- 2024 · confidence high
- Place
- NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
- Credited to
- NIST; the CRYSTALS-Kyber and Dilithium teams (IBM Zurich, ENS Lyon, Radboud and others)
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
Lattice-based algorithms resistant to Shor's algorithm, published as standards in August 2024. They prepare the internet for the arrival of cryptanalytically relevant quantum computers.
What it led to
- The migration of HTTPS, Signal and iMessage to post-quantum encryption
- The race to protect data against «harvest now, decrypt later»
- The cryptographic modernisation of governments and banks
Built on
- Shor's algorithm and quantum computing1994
- AES (Rijndael) encryption standard1998-2001
- lattice-based cryptography
Made possible
- Post-quantum TLS
- quantum-resistant messaging