UK cyber agency publishes guidance on next steps for migration to NIST post-quantum algorithms

The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre is providing guidance for organizations to prepare for transitioning to post-quantum cryptography algorithms that are in the final stages of development at National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Protocols and services related to encryption will need to be re-engineered “because PQC typically places greater demands on devices and networks than traditional PKC [public key cryptography],” NCSC says in a Nov. 3 blog post announcing the release of a white paper focused on...