NIST sets webinar to discuss initiatives on ‘migration to post-quantum cryptography’

NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence will host an Aug. 25 webinar to update stakeholders about ongoing work to develop standards for “post-quantum cryptography” as a key part of federal efforts to get ahead of future threats to computer security systems.

The webinar will feature Bill Newhouse, a cybersecurity engineer at the NCCoE, and Dustin Moody, a mathematician in NIST’s Cryptographic Technology Group.

The event will focus on NIST’s recent selection of four “encryption algorithms to become part of...