NIST details research efforts to secure next-generation technologies

NEW YORK -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology is preparing to address cybersecurity of new technology, conducting research and initiatives -- some of which were established under President Trump’s cybersecurity executive order -- on a range of technology from quantum computing to lightweight encryption in connected devices.

Matthew Scholl, chief of NIST’s Computer Security Division, said here at the FBI-Fordham University International Conference on Cybersecurity that NIST is overseeing research on encryption for quantum and high-performance computing and...