NIST’s Scholl: Industry buy-in for post-quantum cryptography standards to inform federal migration plan

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s proposed timeline for the government to transition to post-quantum cryptography will be based on private sector investments in new algorithm standards released this week, according to computer security division chief Matthew Scholl.

NIST published three final Federal Information Processing Standards on Tuesday that provide specifications for cryptographic algorithms that can withstand attacks from quantum computers. The Biden administration laid out a timeline for the government to implement the standards in a 2022...